Monsoon Season
Hand outstretched to raindrops,
a boy in a marigold shirt
stands under a sagging restaurant awning.
He smiles at each splash,
the silver of a cloudy summer day.
Christina E. Petrides lived and worked on Jeju Island, South Korea, for 6.5 years. Her eponymous website is: www.christinaepetrides.com
See more of her work in 12.3