We could see it coming over the sea A dark cloud of beauty A dark cloud of relief Relief from the heat Hot and humid and heavy Like a wool blanket on a summer afternoon Perspiration dripping down brows Backs soaked wet with droplets of sweat Then the rains came... I remember these rains Drops big like guinep Pelting down from the sky Beating rhythms on galvanized roofs Like a million little rain spirit feet Pounding a complex and mesmerizing African dance Heavy and wild and glorious And then like magic it's gone Leaving in it's wake The sound of birds This land is the place where I stayed While I waited to grow up and move away...