I Can'T Stand The Rain Poem by Thoughts of a Single Man

Rain rain go a way

come again some other day

I wish I might I wish I may

Keep the rain away today

I cant stand the rain

for it is just a reminder of my falling tears

each dropp that hits the ground

resounds within the depths of my soul

like a piece of shattered glass

a tapping tether to a shattered past

when it wakes me from my slumber it haunts me

taunts me in the middle of the night

for then I sleep no more

and the gentle whispers of the night

become a storming pouring roar

I lay there in the dark

afraid to close my eyes

for I know the moment I drift off

I will be lost

in the nightmares of recollection

with no umbrella and no protection

I can't stand the rain

when I am walking and the sky goes dark

the same clouds fall over my heart

and the moisture that hits me almost burns my skin

it does not soothe me

or move me from what I feel within

my gloom and despair are always found there

then the wet fabric becomes pressed to my bones

touching me

rushing me

for I am always so very far from home

and always so very alone

the drops fall and the harder they come

the harder I run

but there never seems to be any way to escape it

I can't stand the rain

it blurs my vision when I am in my car

interrupting my night ride on the highway

why must it come my way

I wanted to glance up and occasionally see the stars

now the drive is not so relaxing

it is taxing for now I am in fear that I will not slip

and the firm hold upon the steering wheel

now becomes a death grip

that soft turn now becomes a jagged curve

hoping that I so not swerve

hoping that I can contain my frazzled nerves

Every time that wind blows it seems my sin shows

Each time I hear the thunder

I hear the rumblings of my own decisions

cutting me like an incision

each time I see the lightning flash

I feel the cold wet splash

of dampened sorrow upon my heart

as if the storm form another part of me

and no it does not form a watery grave

but rather a watery cage that will never let me free

and never let me be

for it always seems to be knocking on my door

each dropp knocks harder than the one before

like the banging of a mighty drum

until I am over come and I can take no more

I can't stand the rain



Rain rain go away

Come again some other day

I wish I might I wish I may

Keep the rain away today

Thoughts of a Single Man 2012 tm