Jubilant frogs their silence break
Hibernating mudfish slithering out
Mushrooms on wet grounds sprout
As thunders and lightnings boom and streak.
The mountain crabs the big flood carry
To mate and die in the estuary
(Later, their offspring swim upstream
to their habitat tributaries to grow
waiting for next year’s flood to go).
Farmers coming out of their boredom
Time to sow the seeds in the loam.
Time to mend the leaking roofs
To dig and unclog the waterways
While carefree children run outdoors
To bath in the heavy downpours.
Climate had changed by man’s neglect
But the rainy days of old
Would remain treasured as gold.
