The day before

The rain when it came was almost a relief

Loud but stuttering

Hesitant promise of a storm to come

Something swirling out there

Twirling in here

Both brooding, both at sea

And in between charts must be consulted

About clouds, currents, fronts and depressions

How the wind may blow

How the stars ascend and align

Supernatural contraption or divine intervention

To form, reform and transform the world

You wait, then wait some more

The rain falls, and falls again

Never on the right spot

Never at the right moment

The story of your, their, our lives

So when will...?
Or is it all...?
Suspended in the borrowed hour
Almost but not quite
Half-hatched dreams and stillborn darkness
Nothing has happened
Everything has passed