My challenge for you is to write a poem about rain. Just some ideas. How does it make you feel? Has it ever had an impact on your life..too much...too little. Does it ever make you feel romantic...curl up and read or write? Curse it for not being able to do what you want? You have complete freedom to write in any poetic form and in any direction you choose.
Corey graciously accepted with, “So on board…I will get to work and try to make you proud.”
Five Days of Rain
Your judgments rained steadily upon me, five days straight
Melting my raincoat defenses, exposing aging brick and mortar….a regular guy
That one drop on the tip of my tongue, cruel in every detail, spread like acid
Melting self esteem
You grew into a giant of a woman that day and I had no suitable weapons
Rain, rain….go away
You can’t harvest wet grain dear…..
But if the sun refuses your invitation
For God’s sake rain…go away
It rained for five days straight the day you left
Enough to wash away my blood that coagulated on the hot concrete
Into the storm drains with my soul, I hope it makes it to the ocean some day
Spreading my promise
I thought I would come apart at the seams listening to my shadow
Rain, rain….go away
You should have built a boat dear….
But time has stolen your moment
For my sake rain…go away
It poured for five days straight the day you called me, begging
Making it seem as though I was a man worth having, your mistake
Toweling my body dry with misplaced kindness, remodeling outdated thoughts
Crying, spilt milk
You receded into a mouse of a woman that day and I had a restocked armory
Rain, rain….go away
You can’t erase the past dear….
And I won’t succumb to your pain
For your sake rain….go away
I bend to the sun warm upon my cheeks and hope that you find drier days
© 2012 Corey Rowley
There was never any doubt for me that Corey would make me proud. Thanks so much Corey for participating in my challenge and writing such an emotional piece about rain.
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