Lady Rain 090303

She steps lightly through the

Rain-wet grass

Uncaring

of the mud between her toes.

Saturated,

Her skin glows

Sparkling with windstars

Resting in the tiny droplets

Strung across her cheeks.

She runs

Her path leads to the river

As her delighted laughter

Merges with the radiant showers

That soak her through

To soul and spirit

Her fingers dance

Across the surface

As a mist rises all around;

It floats her smile

To where a prince stands waiting

So he will hear

Her song.

She is

a dewdrop

lost in the heaven's

watery expanse.