Placed in a place

To 
 

the rain
that edged on
only as a muffled scream

gobbled by a car and then a truck.

To

the rain 
that came back,
more furious
with the cyclone.

water rushed
everywhere

knee deep in water, I paused with one
leg in the air
open manhole? 

The water took off with a black shoe
with pinky pink soles.

I walked ahead like an elderly baby

To

The rain
That spared me.
I fad you.

 Merlin Flower is an independent artist and writer