Raindrops

open up
like a petal

a lyric
free e e

cummingslike
a meadow

of delicious
daisy tops

dripping
raindrops

and splash
horizons

Soaked suddenly
our smooth

skins touch
and we are

relatively
young

for our
advanced ages

No offense
No offense

taken
you breathe

back
in sweet

babies’-breath
breath

no offense
taken

sweetly
you breathe.


--Boris Victor Stecko