Incessant rains

When the climate changes,
it is not just about how much hotter it gets
Or how many acres of land are deserted

It is also about how much it rains and when
The monsoon is a season for slow, incessant rain
So that it slowly seeps into the ground
and the earth can soak in, recharge
for a full year of aridity

but when the rains come
unannounced, torrentially
the earth is flooded
but remains dry
for it cannot take in
more than what it can

and so it is with hearts and minds

when things happen like torrential rain
with nowhere to store, nowhere to keep
nowhere to give away
to little channels of streams
things come and go like mirages
not even registering
a dot on the heart