LET THE RAIN

Wow.

If you let yourself get a little distracted
with life
and friends
and work
and Smash episodes
and State Fairs
and difficult conversations
and yoga
and your heart’s longings
and life’s unknowns
and dirty dishes
and such

you might not notice that
things around here can sure start
dying
pretty darn fast

especially things that have been
waiting
and waiting
and waiting
for any sign of
rain

for weeks

and when you finally
lift your head
and look around

you discover that

the brownness
is over-taking
the green

and the wilting
is undoing
the bloom

and you had better hurry up
and offer
these root-bound lives

a sprinkling
a dousing
no, a soaking
with water

and you hope it will be enough

and you wonder if there are any other
parts of you
that are needing the same

and you pray that
we all have the roots
to endure
these long, dry, barren seasons
when they come

because they do

xo

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P.S. This song: Let the Rain by Sara Bareilles

I say amen to that. Hear the story here: