AND THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
The brown water swirls,
Waves grow and break.
Huge trees are tossed like toothpicks.
Water flows over the weir.
And the rain continues to fall.
The brown water, heavy with sand,
Scours the riverbanks.
The water rises and broils.
Nothing is safe.
And the rain continues to fall.
They say it’s a hundred-year storm,
They say it’s a thousand-year storm.
They say it’s the changing climate.
They say the rain will stop.
And the rain continues to fall.
The brown water has secrets, terrible secrets.
Friends need to know,
Sisters need to grieve,
Parents struggle with why? Why?
And the rain continues to fall.
And the rain continues to fall.
Ron Pickett is a retired naval aviator with over 250 combat missions and 500 carrier landings. His 90-plus articles have appeared in numerous publications. He enjoys writing fiction and has published five books: Perfect Crimes – I Got Away with It, Discovering Roots, Getting Published, EMPATHS, and Sixty Odd Short Stories.
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