If I Was Just A Lonely House Upon A Hill Poem by Shirley Harrison

If I was just
a lonely house
upon a hill
I'd be very happy
to have the sunshine
beam It's warmth
upon my walls and on my roof
but the rain?
well that would depend
on how hard it came down
wouldn't it, after all
I'm a home
and being pelted
well, it would hurt wouldn't it?
then again hailstones are worse
lightning would cause me to
shake and shudder
thunder, torturing my very soul
I wouldn't mind a rainbow arch
above my roof though
that would be comforting
and as we all know
without the rain
we would never have a rainbow.