Wait for the Rain

Oh silent sky,
Waiting hard and still...

Dusky iron clouds
Swirling, choking
Gritty iron lumps in
Sour green wind...

I'm breathless
Alone
Suffocating in these
Wide open fields of
Dusty grass jerking in humid seizures,
My eyes and ears
Pressed closed against
This muddy hair,
Skin tingling
Electric stinging
Trembling in sullen energy
Before the oncoming storm...

Oh precious silver rain
Break these sweating chains
Wash me cold
And clean and free.