Sunday, September 28, 2014

Dewdrops and Sadness

Maybe rainy days make the sun shine less in your heart.
Maybe the drops soak your mind,
Preventing you from feeling.

Maybe frigid air takes your breath away.
Maybe the clouds hide your eyes,
Preventing you from seeing.

And perhaps the dewdrops frighten you--
Cause your legs to shake and shiver,
Cause your toes to freeze inside.

Does the breeze go through your ears
And rest solemnly on your lips?
Do you dare speak the phrase you think?

There you stand inaudibly,
Waiting for the noonday sun--
How you wish it would come.

What if it rains forever,
And the rays never breach the peak?
You will never feel warmth again.

But there you stay
With your feet in the grass
And your arms outstretched in the cold.

Others wear jackets and scarves;
They hide under the trees.
The rain soaks your face and hair.

The jumble of umbrellas doesn't suit you.
You prefer to be unprotected and alone,
And you fix your eyes on the mountain.

You never look beyond them--
Only through their hearts.
Every time you break your own.

If you'd only wear a jacket,
And look above their eyes.
The water wouldn’t freeze your toes

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