Learning Poem by rich soos

for Leann, age 2

gathering weeds for blossoms
your eyes have learned colors
the rain falls from the petals
onto your baby hands
without fear of
intellect obscuring
patient patterns
of learning

your child eyes caress
all of nature as you glance up
and sing your alphabet

the rain flowers tears
of rivers from the moon
through your hair
down your cheek
flashing sparked
electricity
for the air between us

explore each raindrop as a world in itself
explore each river as a moment of that world
dance long through the rain as it remains alive

each body movement
flames through the rain
your eyes have blossomed
from patient rains and petals


from Patient Rains And Petals (1981)