Longing

I long for you

Like a parched desert

Longs for the scent of rain

Tantalising the earth

That holds the memory of the spring

That once gave life

To tender shoots

Long since burned

By relentless summer sun

Just as passions fire

Swept right through

Leaving us laid to waste

After the precious taste of love

Burned out

So for me

Please become the soothing rain

Again

Allow me to drink my fill

Until the rush of your river

Washes us both clear

Liberating our parched souls

From despair