Unexplainable

Missing someone
or missing something
can be a real painful event!

Like this morning when I woke up
feeling a void deep inside me,
as I refused to open my eyes
while searched for the sound and feeling
of African rain drops.

It is unexplainable
the sense of being in the midst
of jungle and rain,
interrupted often by heavy thunder
then silence - total silence!

Then,
quickly come the flying ants
and a beautiful rainbow
on the other side of the mountain...

And
the sun smiles again
like a child that just played
a prank on his parents.
So we can't help it,
but to smile back in awe!

I miss it almost desperately!

In the morning, on my way to work,
I greet the rubber plant at my front door
and see the whole Africa in a vase!

Somehow,
I think the plant greets me back
in its own way...
This is my truth!

Above all,
I miss you
girl of golden hair
whose life was taken
as you exited the Bank
where you once worked.

Wanishi