She becomes the rain
Do you know what sadness the rain brings?
And how the gutters weep when it pours?
And how lonely one feels lost in it?
Without end—like spilled blood, like starving love
She lies in the gutter, her gaze fixed above,
Reaching for the sky she can never touch
Each raindrop a reminder of what she’s lost,
A dream too distant, at too great a cost
The rain mixes with dirt at her feet,
Flooding the hollow where hopes retreat
The sky mocks her with every gray tear,
While she drowns in the weight of each year
The water rises, creeping slow,
Her chest tightens as breath lets go.
Rain and gutter water begin to entwine,
Her tears —dissolving the line
Her eyes burn as the storm takes her in,
Swallowed whole by the flood’s cruel spin
Yet in that suffocating, endless shroud,
At last -
She becomes the rain,
She becomes the sky.
@azurePond This was really moving. I felt a different depth from your writing. Something like being reborn. I am new here and it's my first read and i am already in love. Keep it up!!😁🥰
@wIthpeACE Thank You!😊
@azurePond
hey you🩷i decided to read what you’ve written after you posted on my poem and I had to push my chair back and stand up which may have been a little bit dramatic xD but I love your writing and your writing style this is beautifully tragic I can feel lots of depth and emotion reading this I love it keep it up <3
@iloveyouxx hehe... thank you! Your words mean a lot 😍 We, poets sure are a dramatic lot so no worries there. Once again, thank you for your kind words.
@azurePond
of course! <3 and that’s true xD ofcourse and keep writing you have a way with words and I love it💗
@azurePond Another very good poem by the excellent Azure Pond. I really liked the way the poem gradually moves into rhyming couplets beginning in the second stanza. It really enhances the feeling of a storm rolling in, the first few drops erratic and unevenly spaced and then building up faster and heavier as the rain begins to pour.
You consistently use very powerful imagery with your poem. Looking forward to reading more!
@BastionKnight Thanks again! I appreciate your encouraging words!
