Friday, November 23, 2018

Petrichor.


Without asking it fills you
As thunder rolls around your shoulders
And those first crashing drops
Smack down with force
Water passionately kissing earth
Dirt hissing, aerosolised
Rock yeilding its mineral secrets
For the promise of rain
Air ionised and charged
As if expectation could have its own scent
This living planet exhaling
Its breath in our face
Like the musky sweat of a lover
Gathering us in an embrace
Or the milky tang of a mother
Who tucks us gently into the warm bed
Of yet another wet season storm

© shaun patrick green 2018

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