REMEMBRANCE

as if the evanescence 

of birds leaping

intermittently 

from a bush

were what made

the green slick leaves

shudder and bounce

on their jangle of branches 

but there are

no birds

there are only 

the droplets 

falling down from 

the towering trees above  

in this way 

the sudden downpour

of a storm 

long passed

is remembered

and a rain 

is raining 

more mindfully again