RAIN

Rain

The rain

comes pouring

down upon the roof,

rapping like hip-hop music

mingled with the background of

flowing water running through the

yard, making multitudes of drains along;

while we fold paper boats and send them sailing,

soaking in the beauty of a cold wet morning outside,

while Mum screams out to everyone to get inside the house

and dry up before she yells for Grandpa and brings the roof down.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2007