A Simple Fall of Rain

A simple fall of rain, a picnic stalled;

The summer's day oppressive in its heat,

Where once upon a blanket, we had sprawled,

Within a green that nestled in concrete.

How bright your laugh, we gathered things and ran!

And running with you, rain fell all about;

It was a day when nothing went to plan,

A simple fall of rain in summer's dought.

Soaked head to toe, I did not feel it fall;

Not in that moment, running there with you.

Lost in that moment, I cannot recall,

A simple fall of rain I barely knew.

These summers hence, no moment, perfect, plain,

Can match the smell, the rush, that fall of rain.