Rain- A poem

RAIN

"Papa, where does that river go?"

The papa, eager to teach,

speaks of flow and surge

of rivers converged

seas receiving

water as vapor

ascending to the heavens

descending as manna and dew

to a needy earth.

"Papa, does that river go around that tree?"

And so it is for the preacher

whose people strain to see

around the river bend while

she speaks to them of the rain.