in honor of the Rain

I open the window before sleep

so I'm ready, so I can hear Her

when She arrives

She wakes me deep in the night, Her

breath whispering across my skin,

gentle, soothing

quietly tempting my nostrils, arousing

memories, tastes, smells

I hear her soft footsteps moving

through the night, a single step,

pause

a double step, pause

a single step

soon She's running toward me, her children

all around Her, bounding, jumping, gleeful

Her love overflows

for earth, for insect,

for bird, for animal,

for me

a flash of light, She can't contain Her heart

exploding joy

I hear Her call my name!

long and low and rumbling and far

I hear Her call my name!

so near, so loud, shaking the trees,

shaking the air,

shaking me

I hear! I hear!

I wrap myself in Her voice

in the sound of my name

the sound of Her love.

She holds me for a moment

then recedes. She whispers my name as She leaves

breathing gently on my skin

breathing gently my name

A last flash of Her light, Her love

and I drift back to sleep, the sound of Her

calling my name

reverberates in my soul.