Awaiting Monsoon Rains

I want to touch the rainbow
so I wait for rains to come
with rising summer heat
it will soon be monsoon's turn

Like sapless lifeless leaves
I feel so parched and weak
but promise of impending rains
does ease away my pains

That smell of rain on dirt
as nature gives new birth
I feel the hope around me
there will be no dearth of mirth

Like every year
that has come and gone
I will wait for rains
like my dried up lawn.