inspiriting beauty

soft, 

              forgiving, 

                 rain

 slipped

 from the dry, dull  

                                                    still of night

 and I awoke  

refreshed                  

                                       in sweet, fragrant  

                                                            petrichor breezes

 and in the yard that,

                                               just the day before,  

                                                                                   had gasped for water,

 withered straw grasses  

                                  and gnarled tree branches 

                         were sprinkled

                                                         in lively, wet sparkles

                                                  and there,

in the cool as silk quiet,

                                        I came upon a perfect

                     droplet-raindrop-teardrop

                      that quivered,

                                         lingering, delicately,

                                                                                    at the edge

                                                            of a glistening 
                                                                                       sunshine yellow leaf, 

and then 

fell to the earth 

                                          with

                                                                                                             . . . inspiriting beauty

notes:  the prompt from Poetry Jam this week is "Rain".

 love this new word I came across “inspiriting” (adj.) meaning “to instill or infuse a spirit of encouragement and life into someone”.

 

photo:  After the Rain – W. Bourke

 

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