Redemptive Rain

Gloom and retreat.
Rain drives back all it touches:
every good, every evil.
There are times when havoc is wrought
by terrible, powerful storms.
In the end, though, all is redeemed.
It cleanses the land the way it cleanses our minds:
slowly, steadily.

Let the rain redeem you.
Let it wash away the anguish and the sorrow.

The passion burns away,
but a desire still remains.

The clouds drift away,
and despite the gloom it brings,
we still desire the rain's return.