Puddles & Fishes

Puddles Painting by Fred Eckman (prints available here)

Puddles and Fishes

When the rain falls,

Faster than the Earth can absorb it.

Puddles collect in all the low places

And record the impact of raindrops

When the winds lift and blow

Raindrops make circles in circles, overlapping

At the boundary between the pool and the air

As the storm casts itself hard against the ground.

When the storm goes,

Everywhere left behind along the roads.

In all those low spots – little pools lie

Serene and still, clear and cold

When the sun reappears

The puddles shimmer cheerfully

And when I look into them, I half expect

To find little fishes swimming there.

© 2014 by Tom King