IRONIES: September 8, 2014 - Fantastical Rain

Photo by, J.Schopfer - Panhandle Texas, April 2014

Fantastical Rain

R. Schopfer

Nature does as nature intends.

She parents us in ways we often can’t comprehend.

But, we look to her – Our Mother. We are still and we listen.

We wake each day and survey, any sign of rain?

Any visit of precipitation in the night?

No.

Parched, thirsting and burdened both the ground and we.

Reasoning and faith faltering.

Yet, there is a purpose.

Nature will, if we permit,

sharpen our senses;

adjust our disposition;

curb our demands;

and fade our pride.

As an infant waiting helplessly for nourishment,

we wait for that fantastical rain.

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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 150%;">R. Schopfer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Nature does as nature intends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She parents us in ways we often can’t
comprehend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">But, we look to her – Our Mother. We
are still and we listen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">We wake each day and survey, any sign
of rain?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Any visit of precipitation in the
night?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">No. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Parched, thirsting and burdened both the
ground and we.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Reasoning and faith </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">faltering. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Yet, there is a purpose.</span></div>
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Nature
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sharpen
our senses;</div>
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adjust
our disposition; </div>
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curb
our demands;</div>
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and fade
our pride.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we wait for that fantastical rain. </div>
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