Poetry in Rain

Here is a poem I wrote when I was probably 15, had it rejected several times and retired it. Dusting it off, making no changes, and posting in here. Just for my own amusement mostly:

Storm

Thunder races,
Through each cloud.

Lightening shatters
The calm serene air.

Clouds roll toward
The peaceful home.

Slow and steady.

Pit-pat
Pit-pat

The rain begins.

Animals scurry,
To their dens.

Leaves turn up,
Welcoming each mouthful
Of fresh, sweet rain.

Slowly the thunder fades,
Into a deep,
And low rumble.

The lightening,
No longer fierce
Dims.

Slow and steady.

Pit-pat
Pit-pat

The rain,
It fades away.