PARALLELS

'Rise Woman'.. said rain

Paltering on heart's window pane

Drenching sorrows hardened

moistening, vaporizing, years of pain

'Precipitate Woman'..said rain

Sufferance is not thy name

Voiceless thou shalt not remain

Roar, thunder, strike, demand fairness

'Burst forth Woman'...said rain

Hold not within clouds of shame

Twas made to procreate

Shower thine many strengths 

Thus spake rain

Of the qualities imbued in women

Persistent, unrelenting, torrential 

Smart, fierce, melodious

Wild, fiery gentle, perennial 

Her many facets