two days today

today

couldn't make up

its mind

the Sun

throws a party

with a parade

of Radiance raging 

through the Sky

til someone calls

the clouds

who smother 

the Radiance raining

on the parade

til the Sun

pokes back through

the blinds

and strikes up

the Beatific Band

and shouts out

from the heavens

that the Dance

has begun again

til the clouds

shout down

with a wail

of thundering clamour

that leaves

the world wondering

'what the hail?'

but the Earth

all the while

takes it in

with a smile

knowing the rain

not only nourishes

its supple soil

but also flourishes

a reverberant Rhythm

for the Dance

and the Sun

needs some cover

from the clouds

lest that soil

suffer and harden

and strangle

the Garden

that it is

created to Be

like a Lover

needs distance

and space

to Breathe

in order

to relieve

and perceive

and receive

the Gift

of closeness

in intimacy

and a Beloved

needs absence

of face

to recognize

the Presence

of Grace

the treasure

of the Lover

so the Sun

and the Light

and the clouds

and the rain

need each other

not to smother

but to uncover

the buried blessings

inherent and incarnate

in two days

today.

#Lent2021 #SunAndRainInterchangingAgainAndAgain #BetwixingAndBeautiful #YinAndYangOfCreationAndRelation 

("Sunshower in the City' © Phil Perkins)