1. My companion closed his eyes though no drowsiness
Had weighed his eyelids down

2. With a flash leaping up, lightning
And thunder drawing near

3. A cloudburst heading for settlements
Now here, now there, diverting

4. A rain cloud where you’d think
Were confusion and darkness

5. Though lofty in the stars, its
Base where the ground lies

6. For flowers and greenery both
Promise and warning in it reside