Thursday, August 2, 2012

Rain Rhymes with Pain, but Please Don't Use It.


I long to feel the rain pour,
My body aches with muscles shorn,
Can't bear to see you any more: Leave well enough alone.
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I must needs taste the wet come down,
The water running, swirling round'
Soft, swallow up my heart and drown this hole beneath my breast.
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Ears strain to whispers-- thunder start,
Rumbling, rolling deep, to thwart
The thoughts that spaced too far apart make me forget myself.
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Commence with the storm,
Weather no surprise,
Raining, drenching cold,
Blood beats warm inside.
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Lightening quicken air,
Water take me where,
Cleansing downpour falls,
Crashes over walls.
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Heavy liquid lands,
Flows up every space,
Swirls the muddy ground
Floods into this place.
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Black and inky torrent,
Drips on every surface,
Maddening the torment,
Quelching in its purpose.
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Soak my skin and bones,
Slick me like the stones,
 Fly through night, mine-own; I shall lift my light.
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Climb atop the bridge,
Stance upon the ridge,
Toes sink in the pitch; Worlds shine bright below.
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Wingspan stretch- full spout,
Fingers spread fanned-out,
Open armed about; Laughter burbling up.
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Liquid strip my clothes,
Beat upon my flesh,
Wash away my woes,
Help clean up this mess.
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Pitter, patter, pound,
Leaping from the sky,
Raindrops make the sound,
Waves crash by and by.
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Seek my soul sustained,
Drench me to the core,
Hope interred remains.
Rivulets keep score.
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Deafening the sheets,
Fill me to the brim.
If this love repeats,
Take my heart from him.
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Wrap me in the rain,
Steep my soul that's stained,
Fill me up again; Stars mix with the rest.
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Slap the streets so black,
Rivers, streams attack,
There's no looking back on this broken bit.
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Slicing through the air of night,
Trees sway forth and into sight,
Winds that whip with all their might; Silence is the rest.