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rainy cloudy day,
grey curtain heavy
in the background,
and you
swinging a cherry umbrella
facing the storm
with smooth suede shoes
and chirpy canary cap
like a character 
straight out of a musical

music springing 
from under your 
splish splashing feet
as wild roses bloom
between cracks in the sidewalk
leaning into your bouncy step

raindrops 
pitter-patter
as you glide in silvery ripples
your bubbly giggles
blossoming into beaming smiles
on faces young and old
 
you sing and dance
swallowing up the clouds
and I throw down my umbrella
to catch the rainbow in one pearly drop
on the tip of my tongue,
a taste of Elysian fields, 
a taste of you

 
© Naomi Sara 2023