Rainband

a mother and daughter lament

“takes guts

to be gentle

and kind” she sings

we fine-lee

got some rain

it’s falling

like ten thousand years

a sad and blue refrain

I say I know

I heard it told

time is all it takes

medicine

is in the years

it’s constant and it’s natural

what

will the pain create

the sound of his voice

was the sun

my tears evaporate

sorrow etched

an ink stained sky

the flood has come to claim

it always comes in waves my love

it always comes

in waves

what change the deluge

wants to make

in us

will have it’s way

a wearing down

eroding ground

sheltering in place

I saw a light

flash in the night

leeward mountain range

can hear the lonely train roll on

it took him far away

it took him far away

it’s getting hotter hard to see

no matter

what they say

gauge the relativity suspended

while she prays

her lilting voice

her mournful tone

music in your name

dust and air and salt

converge

we choke

on whose to blame

elevate

the way

the fragments fall

to stay

how can I explain

it all

the candle lit

a flame

the heat is rising

no-one sees

conditions

call for rain

terminal velocity the loss

against the gain

forever it remains

the impact of your

beauty here

fossilized in rain

fossilized in rain