April Shower Delight Poem by Diana van den Berg

Leaving work today
In the pounding rain,
I wanted to laugh
And sing, and dance in it
All the way to my car
And open my mouth
And drink the drops
That would have tickled
My tongue
And take the hands
Of the people
Cowering from it
Under shelters
Or rushing through it
With bowed heads
And pull them gently
Into my dance
In the glorious rain...

But I didn’t...

However, I did walk through it,
Unhurried, with my face bent upwards
Exhilarated by every cool raindrop
Ignoring the stares of the sensible,
Saddened at their loss.

(26 April 2011)