The Rain

[leafsailors ghost]

It is a wild thundering electric rain

unearthly brooding dark red clouds

waves of wind sweep across the roof of the sky

the rain is the very air

filled with electric fire intwined 
so close

snapping hissing cracks of the lashing whip

in the money changers hour

who should turn away in shame

you scorn the beggar
think again 
mighty nations of commerce

whose war machines are built with the gifts of this world

on the backs of the poor

awash with the blood of constant conflict

you greedy power wielding thieves

snatching clutching money demons

your fancy office windows will look out on this rain

you will feel the reality

so to be scattered before the wind of change

in the rain

an abiding truth in the confusion

lost to the sight of human existence

we will answer you
 this
with the earth as our mother

we sing to the stars at night

we who hold high mass for the moon and the wind

care for the field mouse
, weeds along the fence row

will gather folks who remember 
clear water teaming with life

our garden home of abundance

blending easily with fern and stone

foot paths to the singing lodge

the rain asks 
how have you lost your way so badly
so as to never see us 
standing in the shadows of grief for your dark world'

your children should not hear of war

they should know music and poetry

gardens of love and peace

almost a dream to you now

the forgotten path fades into the valley of shadows

we call to you from far away

the rain is coming

[Brian mclaughlin]

if only the raining sorrow can be changed to tears of joy

[saw]

the harsh weather of the power-hungry creates havoc for the masses...the poem has a strident march to it, from the wild skies to the dreams of a garden of peace, and all that is in between that....war is a product of greed....and sadly many innocents get in the way of that....a select group could be cited as an experiment gone wrong....if there is alien life, they are shaking their heads and saying...WHY ?.....earthlings had more than enough abundance to share with each other but instead caused misery and ultimately destroyed the very planet that gave them life ..."the rain is coming"