Desert IX

fire
…the sky turned gray
the air sneezed again
the drop on the leaf
lived in a constant fear
fear…?
the earth longed for it.
gloomy grass laughed at it
the leaf held it hard.
how long?
the shivering tree
looked at the sky
the last cloud bowed
as their act got over
the sun shined…
again the drop
kissed the leaf for the last time
and disappeared like a
cold sigh.’I’ saw it all
on a rainy day…