dancing up the rain

dancing up the rain


dancing up the rain
the joyous dancers
fill the plaza
sloping east to west
dancing up the rain
in the heat of an august day
the joyous dancers
sway to the dancing drummers
sway with the pulse of mother earth
dancing up the rain
the rockettes of the pueblo world
joyously dance up the rain
over the mountains to the east
dancing up the rain
the raindrops dance across adobe houses
dancing to the thundering drummers
they blacken the sky
behind zig-zag lightening
dancing up the rain
the rain bathes our mother earth
caresses our mother corn
dancing across her plumed head
dancing up the rain
they filled the plaza
green and red and pumpkin
sky-blue the rain clouds
embrace the slate grey mountains
dancing up the rain
embracing our mother earth
embracing each other
we dance up the rain