The great master said,

“This rain makes me hungry,

And yet this rain quenches my thirst.

This rain says put on your own oxygen mask first,

But then don’t forget to look around.

See what calls to you to come and love it,

To support it and laugh and be happy together.

Maybe it’s only a worm

Who has squirmed into the high center of the road

To try not to drown.

Can you pick him, or her, up,

And put him, or her, down in a dryer place?

Maybe it’s a toad…”

“Ok.. wait up… “ I said. “I’m not touching any toad,

Male or female.”

But anyway.. it made the great master laugh, 

And we continued to walk through the rain,

Both feeling supported 

And happy together.

😁

-jenn