ALSphere Foundation
I opened my window after a deluge, the sky swarmed with swarthy clouds,
The verdure glistened, the breeze capered ‘n cavorted, richly endowed
The earth sighed, soaked under a shower of iridescent drops
The petrichor emanated, deep from its very core, gliding overtop
I asked the slight, placid being, “And, who could you actually be?”
Remarkable it may sound, she sat by my side ‘n calmly resolved my query,
I’m the voucher of an amorous liaison,
when the rain dropped down with unbridled abandon, forsaking poise ‘n grace
the earth clasped it to its bosom, entwined it an impassioned, heady embrace
I’m a melody of mellifluous longing
A sign of impetuous departure, the fragrance of the long, lost love
Essence of a thirsty yearning soul, ardently gazing at the sky above
I’m the redolence of a spirited promise
Not the forever kind, not for eternity— they don’t matter somehow
But of everything in the lovers being, the promise of their ‘now’
I’m petrichor, the aroma of the earth’s gaiety ‘n satiety, it’s transient ecstasy
a fading, withering memory, a wistful, haunting dream, a dainty, sublime legacy
