Dancing In The Rain Poem by Ojone Amedu

My feet burns,
Scorched by the weeping ground
Blood leaks from numerous wounds
The scraping of heat against skin
My lips are the earth
Tongue darting out, I sought to apply
What little moisture I had to them
Hair once whipped with the wind
Dreadlocks now, thick and heavy
A flash of colour passes
A lynx, probably
I trudged on, unconcerned
Movement always lethargic
Weak.
My eyes hung limp, they had lost everything
The sun shone fiercely down
Drops fell from the heavens
Soothing my aching skin, and I danced.
Moving to the rhythm of the Earth
I fell, collapsed
Yet, I danced till the rains
Swallowed me.