I wrote this on a rainy day up in the San Francisco hills.  Watching the rain I was hit with
just how little control we really have in life, and how this rain almost makes all things new, including myself.

Clouds zoom by
then the clatter of
rain, against the window,
banging against the
windowpanes like they
want in. Let us in!
they repeat, moisturizing
mother earth, to newly green,
refreshing and cleansing.
Total renewal,
new May flowers
watered by these
beautiful shining diamond
like raindrops,
although storming now,
they moisturize and renew
the earth and me,
with a fresh outlook
a clearer view,
more vivid coloring.
That myself and the
world will look
more beautiful to me.
Cleansing off the grime
and allowing me to see
more clearly,
the gorgeous earth
renewed and a beautiful
me renewed as well.
Clean, clear, refreshed.

Jewel Roberts
Jan. 19th, 2017