Raindrop Stories

by Lee Kiblinger

RAINDROP STORIES

Every raindrop

bears a story

incubated—

moss blankets hug

timid tears

loosed in silence

beads glide

like terns, brushing

stone-stillness

drizzle buffs

the skins of branches,

and tickles

the plump drips

to crack crisp

the sleepy leaves

tossed in ripples

above dancing rivers

and blooming heaves—

these opened wombs

shoot droplets skyward,

as liquid offspring

bursting heavenward

in love-lept offering

to pregnant clouds

who birth the sodden—

when the drama of dew

awaits the opus

of falling.

LEE KIBLINGER

Lee Kiblinger is a teacher and late blooming poet from Tyler, Texas, where she spends her time devouring novels, grading essays, laughing with three teenagers, and enjoying poems with Rabbit Room poets. Her work can be found in Ekstasis, Solum Journal, Heart of Flesh, and Clayjar Review and others. You can read more of her poetry at www.ripplesoflaughter.com.