Too Much Sun

It was rain that day that eased my mind
too many sunny
        weatherless days
dry me up until my eyes roll back
and I see
     fewer colors
but colors I've not seen before

like you my friend
walking down the road
with the horizon in your eyes

     102 degrees on the day you left
skipping over the mountains 
    looking for the places where
    the sun rises

you left
    drought arrived
plants sucked up the last microbes
     of moisture in the soil
I worried I might dry up too
without you

It was rain that eased my mind