NIGHT RAIN

The rooftops shimmer

In the light

And gentle the refrain

Of every singing gutter pipe

And softly stirring drain

The street lamps flicker

With the night

And inky puddles gleam

And caught within the pool of light

Where some of us still dream

The empty street that

Sings aloud

Yet for a world asleep

The rain within its velvet cloud

Is shrouded with the deep

The night rain falls through

Blackest skies

And gently, finds its way

To fall and sing in lullabies

And wash the dust of day