Caught In A Downpour Poem by Jim Yerman

It was an unexpected downpour…that burst out of the sky.
The older couple huddled under their lone umbrella…trying to stay dry.

Until they saw two young girls…with a joy so beautifully unrestrained
laughing,
jumping,
dancing…
playing in the rain.

The old man began to smile, held his arms out high…
then walked from under the umbrella..leaving his wife behind….
"Come back under here you insane old fool." His wife demanded…
but the old man…he gracefully declined.

"Do not worry about me." he said.
"I am neither foolish nor insane...
It's just...I had forgotten what it feels like…
to stand out in the rain."

His wife closed up their umbrella…
and with a joy so beautifully unrestrained…
they laughed,
they jumped
they danced together…
playing in the rain.