Leaves unravel as May strives in rain

A night when the moon releases an eclipse of pain

Scents of summer spiral in rising currents of air

My listless mind lies fluttering, insomnia

For the birth of my first grandson.

Between stars, dawn’s diamonds spark

As breathless air shrinks to the coming day

Green clouds bursting on treetops swing

A rainbow arching, a forlorn sea’s dream

Rain, rain, sing of the sun, a pearl stream.