The grass gasps in midday humidity
Everything coarse, crisp, and brittle
Air, saturated with hot dense and moisture
Thunderous anvil clouds
Such stillness, ominous silence
Choking, so dry, so dusty
No green
Parched drought ridden brown
Dogs run desparate tounges
Across cracked muzzles,
Sweat soaked clothing clutching dehydrated torsos.

A drop of rain falls
Spreads out on the road
Like a pinprick on blood on white bathroom tiles
Plants, animals, us
Lift hot faces to the sky
Arid mouths taste water
Cold, wet, refreshing
The earth finally drinks
Natures gift.