Moist compassionate encounters grant forgiveness <br />For the omitted memories of long forgotten sins <br />Soft ringlets in the puddles on the sidewalk <br />Like momentary illusions of smiles from strangers <br />That will shortly disappear with the emerging sun <br />Fighting its way through the grey sky of the city <br /> <br />Streams splash playfully through concrete gutters <br />Searching for the glistening striped metal jewels <br />The gatekeepers of the cryptic tunnels below <br />Cleaning the asphalt of the streets now carpeted <br /> With sparkling tiny diamonds dancing in the light <br />Until evaporated into clouds of steam and vapor <br /> <br />Windows layered with translucent white pearls <br />Like living little precious stones on mirrored glass <br />Embossing shiny snail trails on the steep facades <br />Then a soft wind akin to the fluttering wings of doves <br />Dispatches raindrops cascading as snowflakes in a storm <br />Amiable gentle showers leaving traces just for a second <br /> <br />Idle vague humid scents remind of a distant nature <br />Before diffusing into the buzz of the busy city <br />The rain only an intangible interruption of a matrix <br />Serenity in the land of rot and delusion is only a dream <br />While the diminishing oasis offers an ambiguous retreat <br />Before drowning in future promises not yet broken<br /><br />Kristina Louisa Carr<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-the-rain-downtown/
