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
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Powerfully penned and excellently expressed!