male rain
He comes
riding on the wind
kicking up dust
bending the trees
blowing flakes of rain
He flees past my window
to a distant rumble
In-laws beware of him
who mocks the braves
as his features are majestic illusions
his knife the cutting cold
and his soul a drifter
female rain
she pregnant with rain child
comes
quite
softly
and gently
in the night
At dawn she gives birth
to little droplets of rain
and for days on end
awakening
male rain has come and gone
female rain is fading in the distance
father sun is here
and mother earth is awakening
Agnes Tso. "male rain," "female rain," and "awakening" from Sun Tracks, vol. 2, no. 1 (fall 1975). Copyright ©1975 by Agnes Tso. Reprinted by permission of the author.
As printed in Larry Evers, ed. The South Corner of Time. Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, ©1980, p. 95.