Spring Rain

Spring Rain April 9 2010


Gentle raindrop kisses --

Spring rain –

Wet, chilly droplets startle heated torpor.

The metallic scent of dust dissolving

Greets my nostrils,

Announcing that the cleansing will begin;

Pollen’s banished

From the yellow air and from the objects

That it coats with gold.

We welcome nature’s purifying bath

That clarifies as it restores.



Reflection:

That smell produced by warm rain hitting dust –it’s a summer fragrance. I haven’t smelled it in months, but yesterday’s brief, blustery rain refreshed it in my memory. It bears a promise of discharge – humid heat chased by colder, stormy air – a relief from mugginess. In this case, after breathing clouds of pollen for days, I also looked forward to inhaling clear air. We forget the cleansing ministry of rain when it happens all the time. But after a dusty week or longer, we yearn for clean – for the benefits of nature’s housekeeping.