I lie half-awake
in midnight's soothing arms
listening to the rain
a sudden shower
from the unpredictable
summer skies
In the day, I had waited
for clouds to gather
dark and grey
but the sun kept shining
from behind
the wisps of clouds
golden and piercing
Now sleep sits heavy
on my eyelids
I'm too tired
to go out
and drink the wet night.
Nosheen Irfan © 2016
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Nicely written, Nosheen. I like the idea of Notes from my diary and hope to see more
Nice to hear that midnight soothes you. Some fear the wee hours when no barrier exists between themselves and their thoughts. When life becomes all too real, when mortality stirs the curtains. A reminder of how near it is. Yes nice to hear that you are soothed and within the invisible rush of that sudden shower. The days dust is weighed down, the grass droops, the limbs sag and the heavy eyelids succumb and drink in the night.......so well expressed, your writing illustrates, creates and then closes like a well worn book before drifting into blissful sleep.......splendid Nosheen,
Perfect setting for a nature lover in a summer night's showers which are unpredictable but most welcome and soothing. Thanks a lot.
I'm too tired to go out and drink the wet night. Wonderful lines to end a page of the diary.
Beautiful..... A sudden shower on a summer night makes sleep so blissful!
This is just a slice of life, a passing moment of no urgent significance, the sort of facts of the day that populate a diary, AND YET the last five lines raise the whole situation to significance. There is a poignance in waiting patiently all day to enjoy the promised rain and then when it comes you're too tired to enjoy it. Such is life: It blunders along with no concern for our feelings but at moments like this we realize how delicate and precious those feelings truly are.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Delightful images. Rain is even better when we wait and look forward to it. Sort of like a lot of the good things in life.
Very wisely put Barry. I truly admire your wisdom. Thanku.