I wish

I wish it rains tonight
ruining the perfection
of a sky ,star lit and bright
Bring on precipitation 

to cloak the earth in mist
hold it in chill’s tight fist
The streets clog
with night fog 

The school shut down
and we pad around
in our night gown
from dusk to dawn

The gullies fill with slush 

In rainwater flush 

On TV they showed 

other cities flood 

Why, unfairly parched 

is my land scorched 

Burnt to a crisp 

Every grass blade 

Let life arise from the ashes 

foliage shoot from marshes