Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Poem: A raindrop's life

A raindrop is born
In a cloud
And returns like a salmon

How it got there is another story
A droplet latches onto a nuclei
Of smoke salt or dust

And bumps into other droplets
Over and over and over
Coalescing a million times

Gravity pulls the raindrop down
To strike water or earth
And one day it evaporates

A raindrop is born
In a cloud
And returns like a salmon.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

amazing poem i changed it a bit :)

A Raindrop is born

A raindrop is born
In a cloud
Like a pearl in an oyster.

Until it is too heavy
And falls out
Of its nest.

It bumps into other droplets
On its journey down.
Over and over again.

Gravity pulls the raindrop down
To strike water or earth
And one day it evaporates.

A raindrop is born
In a cloud
Like a pearl in an oyster.