And just like that 
and with little warning 
the Universe shifted from 
singularity to this polarity 
from absence to existence 
from ghost to reality 
a curtain a current 
maybe even a breeze 
and bringing with it 
a moisture that these
plains have rarely seen 
and from the barren
might now even sprout 
a spring of springs 

After all 
and then 
now that 
this has 
taken root
the that
that once
had been 
seems alien 
like what 
was I
ever thinking 
that that
that was 
my path
to happiness 

When you finally 
step out from 
the river of
chaos and drama 
free from its 
riptides and undertows 
and onto land 
upon the shores
of the other 
side there is 
no longer desire 
to dip toes
in again for 
you have swam
your way across 
it’s only those 
who try to 
swim through that 
swallow and drown 

Drippity drip drop
even a dribble 
and a drool
oh make up
your feisty mind 
either rain now 
or pull back 
your silly tears 
I have places
to go and 
plans to keep 
none of which 
involve your seep
steep and weep

Odd morning this 
moment on desert 
mountain cloudy so
no hikers seen
fear of being 
caught in rain 
in the valley 
and down below 
they will stay
rain dries the 
longer the fall