On A Rainy-Day Poem by Ravinder Kumar Soni

It rained all day long,
Splattered on the road, pavement, trees,
My roof and the glass windows
Obscured the sun and turned
The bright day grey;
I watched it fall, heard its music,
Felt the dampness and cold, and cried
Because I could not go out to play,
I felt trapped, and the more I cried
The more my mother scolded me.
I had nothing to do except pester her,
To prepare crisp sugary pancakes for me to eat;
She asked me to take out my toys,
Forgetting I had grown up
Almost ready to go to school.
Being a child is a bother at times.
The rain did not abate it was late evening,
I could hear my father park the car,
And ring the bell;
He will pick me up and call me a good boy,
And ask me to smile.