saguaro sweet rainfall
a desert beholden
thirsty for centuries
each drop sizzling
crashing sand below
chia creosote garden
blossoms renewed
guided by monsoon winds
blundering past the Catalinas Mountains
rain pounding laughing soaked children
dancing to these annual rhythms
breathing in this singular summer bouquet
across Sonoran July skies,
torrents shatter scorpion porches
surging through washes
while thunder stomps the bass drum universe
saturating our souls into humility
even prayer
oh the months desert denizens
endure a parched dearth
until a treasured few weeks
when lives may taste solace
this unbroken chain delivers
this savage sodden oracle proclaims
Port St. Lucie, FL
July 30, 2017