Rain, Rain, GO AWAY ALREADY!

So it's raining. Again. Just like it has been for 75% of the days of April and May in Michigan. A quick look on the bright side of that statistic: everything is so green. I'll even use the word lush to describe my neighbor's backyard, instead of unmowed. I assume they gave up and decided to give back their yard to Mother Nature. If so, she's done a pretty good job with it. In a normally tended lawn what might be considered weeds, now just look like wildflowers in a forgotten meadow.

With all this rain, comes lots of worms, and while trying to not squish a few today it reminded me of a poem I wrote in elementary school. I offer it here for your enjoyment. The first time Jon read it, he laughed out loud. After he explained the reason for his unexpected outburst, and I healed from the painful wound of constructive criticism, I renamed it. Here it is:

Ambiguous.

Raindrops are falling all around.
Worms come up from the ground.
The sun peeks out behind a cloud
And dries them up without a sound.

Of course I was referring to the raindrops, but apparently that wasn't clear. Right now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a forecast filled with sunnier days.