Rain's Rhapsody

The raindrops played a merry waltz
splashing on the ground.
In falsetto notes crickets chirped
in answer to the sound.

The thunder rumbled baritone.
Lightning backlit the scene,
and fireflies dotted emphasis
while dancing like colleens.

I listened to the musicale
outside my window sill;
a symphony of nature’s choice
playing its tunes at will.

After a while I fell asleep
and peacefully I slept
while in the dark an opus played
as heavy rain clouds wept.

This is my entry for Week 1 in the January round of Defining Poetry Contest. The selected poet for this week was William Wordsworth. His poem that I felt most influenced me was "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".