rain

world crumbling around me

nowhere to escape

don’t care anymore

and let myself fade into oblivion

close all doors of and to darkness

and hide in the deepest corner i can find

imagine a place

that will make me feel real again

not merely and empty shell that…

exists…

i close my eyes on the darkness

and wait…

slowly, one by one, after an eternity

drops begin to fall

i stand there

just stand

letting the drops fall upon my upraised face

running down my neck, shoulders, arms

body

soul…

soul. I have one now.

the rain comforts Me

doesn’t “cleanse” Me

no…

it just makes Me feel so…

it just makes Me feel.

something about the rain

makes everything seem okay for a while

with knowledge I can bear through life a bit more

after “a while” has passed

no, not “bear through”…

just survive… if barely

I will continue to exist

there is just something in the rain

I don’t know what

just that when I retreat to My mind

it is always there.