Thursday, July 7, 2011

Let it Rain

She blinks--
Once, twice, three times...
As she sits up.
Awakened
By the tiny sound of water droplets hitting a surface.
Like Pop Rocks in her mouth.

Quickly arising
Shuffling,
gravitation towards the door.
Anything
to pry it open
and feel the rain
penetrate her skin.

At last
the sensation sends a chill--
shocking,
but wonderful--
straight through her body.

To feel the cold thrill,
and then turn away
back indoors
    to an alluring
        soft
           warm
              blanket?
Never.

How could she?
When the world
had combined forces with the sky
and all it's mysteries
to open up
completely exposed,
once again,
Just. For. Her.

Such tender beauty,
could not be ignored.
Nothing
could bring the satisfaction
of just being there
for the sky.

Allowing it to unleash,
Uncover,
the pain and hurt,
that so many shrink away from.
Hide from.
Purely deny.

Contended,
She gracefully sits on the side of the road.
in an effort to show
her commitment
and..just listen.

How lonely it must be
To surround an Earth
with sheer beauty
given freely
to any beholder,
yet hardly glanced upon.
Hardly appreciated.

Oh and how lonely must it be
to have no where to go.
To run to.
No comfort.
For you must stay put
Surrounding such
     Ungrateful people...
Day
   After
      Night
         After
            Day.

Just think how awful--
how terrible
you would feel,
if when you cried
People ran to hide.

No,
She wouldn't do that.
Couldn't do that.

Little did she comprehend
the power
and comfort she gave
by simply listening.

Ever so slowly
The tears of the sky faded
as did the pain.
So she arose
and hesitantly left the sky
in hopes it would soon
Smile once again.

*I wrote that almost a year ago, and recently re-discovered it.

Sometimes the sky decides to let the thunder roll, the lightning to strike, and the rain to fall. And, sometimes, I get to be there to let it fall on me:) Sometimes, that gets to happen today. 


P.S. Obviously, those pictures are not mine. I got them off Google Images. 

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