# Rain **by Emmanuel Akintoye** Race of many drops Sending in many dops Many wins, some draws, many losses Quite severe, filling the air, few pauses Generous cloud feeds the thirsty land Grateful plants maximize the moisty sand Pedestrians release sounds of utmost outcry An idea to wait and challenge the falls they wouldn't buy A beautiful painting from a vehicle splash's brush on a pedestrian's canvas An apology from a dry cloth on a warm body in a car, surely seems like arrogance Strokes from the cloud gets farmers on a quest to feed the earth Not only them but also their family, as the rain moves down, have to move up the mat