Rain on the metal roof sounds
like the tingling felt from a sleeping
foot awakened by change of position,
and blood rushes to replenish tissue
like rain soaking into the earth
to revive dormant roots,
and in the tree a robin chirps
as if it feels the surge of sap
through the branch it grasps
while a mourning dove coos
for its mate eating soggy seeds below.

-- Diane Webster