It is raining
Street children are playing outside
Enjoying the showers to ease the itchy heat
Suddenly it pelts down
Torrential rain follows
All eyes turn to heaven
“Is it going to continue?”
Soon a family of four trudges, up the road
Hand in hand
They are dressed scantily
And carry their barest belongings
They seem to have not a care in the world
They are poor
A question mark lines their faces
Their thatched home
Their temporary tent abode
Lined with rotten dried leaves
Is toppled down by the now furious rain
Flattened they have no place for shelter
Anger raining from the heavens
The dark threatening clouds
Roar and thunder throwing lightning
As if illuminating their path
They trudge along silently
Ghost like shadows following them steadily
Yet they remain undismayed
A smile lines the corner of their lips
They are together
What more can God snatch from them?
Their steady stride conquers their fear of tomorrow
Their linked hands hold them together
There is faith in God
There is hope
That will sustain their life…
~Shobha Diwakar
Jabalpur, India
Very beautifully you have depicted a rainy day & it’s terrible effect on a poor man & his family. It’s shows their love too & the joy of being together although they have lost everything. Keep it up!