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