Song of the Rain and the Lake

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You are a lake, blue as the surrounding
sea and heavens so full of cumulus

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clouds floating slowly over your island.
Around you flowers of every kind

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dapple the green grass with their bright colors,
lush bushes and tall trees compete with the

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grass for the warm rays streaming from the sun.
I am the rain that falls on you, in you,

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blending, melding in you, sustaining all
your glory, renewing life, offering

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mine. Then ascending through warm, fragrant air,
I gaze on you, and then to sky return.

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From the Midlands of South Carolina, Arthur Turfa has published Saluda Reflections from Finishing Line Press, The Botleys of Beaumont County from Blurb, five other poetry books and has appeared in numerous publications.

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