Partly Cloudy

I feel a little like this day —

partly cloudy, beautiful at times,

finding myself wishing

less for sun than rain

There is, as often, the scent of tears

that won’t quite precipitate,

a subtle suspension

that holds me from the lusty

and definitive bounce

into the fullest stride of life

Nothing to howl for —

All is in order —

This sense of dispersal

will, in time, resolve,

and I will leap and laugh

like sparkling sun, like rain.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 10, 2015