This Rain Battered Night In Seattle

Rain batters this night
Streetlights reflect in puddles
Madly rippling

Along the Ganges 

​In my mind’s eye

On the Ganges shore 

Sunlight rises from the east 

Comparative silence

As the city returns to life 

The joys of being surrounded by youth 


Surrounded by youth 

I delight in watching them 

Make the world better

Dreams and Aspirations 

A challenge with dreams 

Knowing whether they are yours 

Or superimposed