Rainshower Girl

She was light on her feet
The rainshower girl
Moving through stormy weather
Avoiding the sudden
Floods along her path

Her speed was its own shield
Against the pounding water
From slate-gray skies overhead
She moved quickly and wildly
To find her way safely through

Suddenly faced with an unexpected
Ray of sunshine amid the downpour
Bursting through clouds above her
She was startled, and paused, and
Found herself overcome for the first time

Heat and light and power
Came from an unknown, unseen perch
And pointed to high ground
She struggled to keep her breath and
Swim to this saving shore

Following the guiding beam she
Pushed through rapids and undertow
And grasped the side of the rock
Pulling herself to safety, to air,
To dry land, something unknown

Feeling dirt and grass beneath her feet
The rainshower girl
Slowed her tempo, and for the first time
Paused enough to breathe in
Sights and sounds and scents

There, in that strange place,
Warmed by the sun, above the rushing
Waters, green and fresh with life,
She could live, she saw,
In this place she could live