Life of a Raindrop

"You only jump once,"

They told her.

Brenna held her breath.

Leaning over battlements,

Watched droplets leap from clouds,

Awaiting her moment.

Vaporous arms upraised,

Brenna caught the wind,

Floated beyond her Castle in the Sky.

Life grew warmer,

She found camraderie in the rain,

Flickered in sunbeams.

Loved and nearly merged,

Lost Molan to an evergreen;

She fell too fast to look back.

Grass rushed beneath,

Already, she was growing old.

Splash.

"You only jump once."

No one said she'd be reborn.

Brenna greeted the sun as morning dew.