Rain Runs Down

Splashing against window

flowing from top to bottom

rain runs down

each splash running into another

forming a sheet, coating the glass

Falling onto pavement

single drops mean nothing, almost,

yet run together

forming rivulets and puddles

flooding ditches and dips in the road

Flowing ever downhill

each trickle becomes a stream

rambling along and gathering speed

for the journey ahead, for the giving of itself

bringing needed sustenance to all that thirsts

Now gathering strength

streams wind into each other

becoming a river

flowing smoothly, running swiftly

on the endless journey, going on without end

Racing with force

in time, rivers merge into seas

surging with power

these waters now joined

ebb and flow, changing whatever they touch

Eons of melding

touched by air, wind, and sun

once again changing

soft mist rises up, slowly dissipates

to become separate drops and returns as rain

Imagine if we

would remember those droplets when

rain runs down

and that small, seemingly insignificant, acts

merge together to become the seas of change