the waiting sky
(I know it sounds like a Western)

the sky looks white
uninteresting
at least when it rains
the sky
is interesting
as well as
what’s happening on land

I don’t mean
torrential
I mean civil
as in the good rain
we need
that sometimes cleans the air
or it seems that way
on breathing
outside
after

so it might rain today
(the sky
is tentative)
rain for sustenance and interest

c l couch


photo by Fiona on Unsplash