Rain

The most magical effect created by rain
is that it seems to dissolve all the pain
elicited from the falling crops and barren fields
such prosperity and pleasure, it will yield
The moment the dark clouds begin to gush
the vegetation suddenly turns green and lush
and it's impossible to travel by any route
devoid of a patch of flowers or fruit
it evaporates all the stifling heat
and provides the sweating citizens with quite a treat
even the lightest and most peaceful drizzle
can succeed in cooling down a steaming sizzle

But rain that accompanies the storm and gale
which carries along destruction and hail
can destroy the greenery it just made
the Earth's aesthetic beauty, it will raid
It uproots plants from their home soil
eliminating hours of a farmer's toil
My opinion about rain oscillates back and forth
what with the landslide triggered in the north
Yet every time we see a fresh new leaf
it provides us with a sensation of relief

But best of all...
If the trees responded to the wind's rhythmic lilt
and towards each other, they would gradually tilt
with the rain brightening them to a rain forest hue
that would stand out against the sky so blue
We would drive parallel to every flower and tree
under the new-born canopy