Poem: Rain on Cabrillo by Mark Tulin

~Rain on Cabrillo by Mark Tulin~

I pull over on Cabrillo
to watch the rain
through my car window,

a blur of swaying palm trees
and cloud-burst windy skies,
an impression by chance,
an engraving on a wet afternoon
into a waterfall of glory.

Pouring rain is a haze of simplicity,
subdued and opulent,
channeling liquid energy
into one narrow moment
of youth and purity.

Rain on Cabrillo was first published in The Local Train Magazine.

For more beach-related poems by Mark Tulin, please read my collection, Rain on Cabrillo.