the /here/ the /there/ and the /other/
Enjuku Okami

Its Raining
stuck in a world
of hate and of love
of boredom and excitement and---
Its Raining
again
nothing to do
stuck in a place known
only as the real world where---
Its Raining
imagination runs loose
trapped
in a place
where nothing is at all except---
Rain
almost as if it washes away
everything except
what truly matters
everything and---
Its...Raining
no truly known facts
no truly known things or
people
only knowing
for certain that---
Its Raining
once again
falling from the world above
what is up /there/?
not /here/, of course
but /there/
the /there/
where fantasy doesn't exist
and where the /here/ is the /there/
everything is real
the /there/...where---
Its Raining
just like it is in the /here/
the sounds of the world
the world that we call real
and...
Its Raining
what is real?
is it this that is real?
or perhaps...
real is only a word
and nothing more
a word that describes---
Raining
describes what?
only things we feel and we touch?
real
its what...
what you see when you close your eyes
when you dream
when only you see beyond the /here/
and into the /there/
when others are blind and---
Its Raining
the smallest things
are what matter most
a dragonfly
in the /here/ they say...
things
what things?
i do not know
for i am in the /there/
and they remain in the /here/ and---
Misting...now
no longer quite rain
its done its job
to wash away the /here/
to allow the tiniest bit of the /there/
and then---
The Rain Returns
a way is shown
to get closer to the /there/
and farther from the /here/
it is to go
to go to the /other/
where nobody talks
of real or fantasy
they talk of the /here/
and also
they talk of the /there/
the /other/...where---
Its Raining
as we speak...
not long now...
almost time...
and then...we arrive
to the /here/ and the /there/ and the /other/
where---
Its...
Its...
Its Raining