Rain Again

rain again
not the torrents of Midwest drenchings
but the simple seepage, from cloud mist to ground soak
- grayness hunkers over the far mountains
and the winds blow wet with distance
this is the real autumn of the upper wet left coast

this good seeping rain
that feeds all our roots
and washes the residual grudge
from yesterday’s bad start

in days to come
there will be storm clouds of weather
against the gray mountains
there will be white snows on sunset peaks
in days to come
there will be long, deep and interminable darknesses
bringing all the shadows of emotion
in days to come
we will hunker down and get real close
riding on the bare back the beast itself
in days to come
it will rise
and we will also rise
and we will dare
and we will be face to face
and we may win
and we may not
but we will
and we will again
in days to come