A Prayer for Rain

We need rain. It's as simple as that. The state of California is on fire, and there is no rain in sight as far as the forecast can see. We hardly even have any clouds on the horizon; the forecast is nothing but sun for days. We desperately need rain.

I have a prayer for rain that I would like to share.

Angels' tears fall from the sky
Cometh forth and wet the dry
Send down your tears so sacred and true
Fall down I pray to you
Feed the earth and plants that thirst
I call now, solemn and true
Water the earth and make anew
Sweet angels send down your tears to thine
and make the streams flow as wine
Answer me, answer me, answer this single prayer.

When I was a little girl, and had been particularly naughty, my grandmother would tell me that the rain was the angels crying because of me. We also said that a thunderstorm was the angels bowling, and lightning struck when they got a strike. I miss those days. We had occasional rain in the summer back then, nice warm rain. Nowadays we barely get rain in the spring and fall, when we should. I pray that a rainy miracle will come through for us.