It's been so long I've wondered Would I even recognize the rain? But the signs are unmistakable And waken primal knowings. Pores open up like plants The scales of our hair sip moisture And stand tall in attention Our noses know the smell of rain Ears can't unremember thunder Our skin flinches with the electric shock As lightning scalds the sky The sucking void of warring winds Winds the breath up in the chest The tactile call and response Between barometric change and body Forms precious proof that what's forgotten isn't gone It's merely biding till the time And when the deluge finally falls You can't remember That you did not remember -Elena Nola