An Arid Feeling

Rain

Where have you been

I searched and searched for you
You were nowhere to be found

I waited in vain for your

Remembered kisses

Drenching my soul.

I have often seen you

In a very distant cloud

Toward which I headed
Gaining speed, getting close

But you would blow out of sight
As my parched soul called your name.

Then I would look behind me

And see you waiting there
A welcoming smile on treasured lips
Even as you drifted up
Becoming just a veil of haze
Once again we missed our chance.

I see you now and wonder

Will you slide away again from me
My hair is dull and matted

My lips cracked and split

No one would desire me now

Fields of brown have I become.

How long must this go on

This dearth of saving draft
Once sprinkling on long green locks
And on  rosy cheeks of pink
But now expiring because you

Are no longer here.

So much is taken away

Whilst sun shines ardent and fierce

Not fretting his hot sultry breath 

Or how the dust cracks gape
I soon will be no more

Lacking the sweet sprinkle

Of your love for me.

©Corinne Mustafa
2014