Cocooned in wonder and ecstasy at once

under October’s warm evening rain

It’s light… and gentle… as its kiss dances on

eclipsing all else, it swims through the veins

The rain, pouring now, let it pour

Pour down onto the skin, untamed

This mystical moment, burned into eternity

beyond compare, such a thing could never be feigned

Stronger now, it falls, a billion liquid vows

Each beat of the heart quicker than the last

Almost as if to serenade this union, the wind suddenly howls!

Misting this beautiful tempest into the racing pulse

Hair matted against faces, brilliant smiling faces

The distant stars pulled from above, sprinkled into the eyes

Taking flight together, to such incredible places

…without further hesitation, lives entwine

Lightning, the photographer, illuminating the night

No smoke nor mirrors, nature need not ploy

As the wilderness cries and sea’s subside

the rain feels more like tears of joy