Drinking the Sky

Drinking the Sky

Raindrops splash into my cup

I drink good morning coffee

Look up into the sky

and ponder the journey of a raindrop

From the depths of the ocean,

Twisted by tides,

Pulled to and fro by the moon,

Rising, surfacing, steaming

Steaming from the scathing scold of the sun

The sun, a fiery furnace forging chemical concoctions

Two parts H, one part O, water from fire

The sun strikes the surface of the deep

and

the droplet rises

carried into cloud

Swirling into the winds of the Gulf Stream

Twisting and tumbling,

A tear tearing through thundering storms

Lightning lashes and the droplet tarries

Until, still

goes the storm

Cloud carries and

In my sky, over my head

Condensing

Plummeting

Splashing

Right into my cup

I drink, good morning coffee

I drink the ocean

I drink the sun

I drink the storm

I drink the cloud

I drink the sky

© 2017 Samir Malak