it won't stop raining
we are marked and stained
tattooed and numbered
definitive weather, defining us

we can't contain the rain
and i can't try to
contain you

you are elusive as a
raindrop
unique as
the sky
bold as
thunder

a shot in the dark
eight months later
the target willingly
takes the hit

the rain falls apart
and we are falling
together

nothing like a little rain
to wash away blood...