Rain

It's rained here for days, interminable
Hard, torrential, monsoonlike downpours

Softening the already spongy soil until

Muddy, pooling chunks slide and break

Finding purchase nearly impossible

A gnarled tree root, twisting its way out

Grasping onto it,  pulling yourself up

A break in the falling liquid needed

Cessation coming as a break above begins

Clouds parting in hope, revealing 

Tendrils of the suns brightness exiting

Fingers poking through the steely grey

Rain over soon and a return to beauty