Waiting for rain

A lake with waves kicking up through trees along the shoreline.
Leaves begin to shiver
as if the rain has come already.

The branches toss -- worried,
varied, attentive,

trying to anticipate --
nothing, no rain yet.

A timeless hush now falls
while the wind turns

its attention elsewhere,
and we indeed hold our breath

with the trees,
wait upon wait

for the rain to pour down
and wash us all.

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