Summer Raindrops

Every summer-raindrop dreams

Of scented air and gentle winds

To guide a flight o'er tree and hill

Toward the peaceful woodland pool

Whose surface bears the tranquil rings

Of raindrops sunk in secret springs

Ripples spreading, overlapping

Joyful drops from heaven falling

For this purpose they were born

Summer's gentle raindrops fair

Yet while in flight none pause to guess

Their chance of landing - there

It's falling now, the summer rain

On roofs and roads and from the drain

The softest whisper to my ears

Of raindrops turning into tears