Driving Rain

As far as we can tell, we
And you are equally part
Of a huge, vibrating field
Of interlacing wavelengths
Constantly interchanging
Material energies,
Knowing which doesn’t help much.

The surprisingly heavy
Rain in the desert today
Won’t bring an end to the drought
That’s been building for decades.
It’s just enough for flash floods
To haul some more boulders down
And sweep a few lives away.