How to Enjoy a Day of Rain

HOW TO ENJOY A DAY OF RAIN

By Shannon Brooks

Draw open the drapes and reveal

the forgotten, gray landscape.

Crack the windows; it’s already

been months since the fresh air 

kissed the pane of the ledge inside.

The scent of water, dirt, air - fills

and swirls, like an aphrodisiac sweeping

us away to the throes of passion.

Allow the lull of rain’s sweet song to lure 

your placid soul – to the cool comforts

of clean, white, cotton sheets.

Just beyond the weathered door lies

the not-so-fertile field, wanting.

Written for a poetry class at K-State, this poem echoes sentiments of our struggles with infertility, in addition to it's assigned topic of "how to" do something.