Desert Puddle
Savoring raindrops
falling from blue immensities
it's easy to forget I'm a puddle –
a liquid anomaly
in a world where moisture is rare
Soon after a storm dissipated
and clouds disappeared from sight
my existence became nothing
but a hollow depression –
a medley of microscopic dust
among hardened clay
Then clouds thickened
and raindrops reappeared
and life returned suddenly
as myriads of creatures around me awakened
to mate quickly before they died
Soon the blistering sun returned
as my belly shrank
and the pond that I was
became caked
yet within my skin
creatures sleot
waiting for the next cycle to begin
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