Before the storm
I had no reason 
to stay in

Now I yearn 
to go out
and be soaked

WDHaven

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Atul

'I had no reason to stay in'

After that one automatically imagines what might be going through your mind,
'Yet I stayed behind'.

The lines in the follow-up so tell,
'Now (when I've grown-up) I yearn
To go out
And be soaked'

Very nice poem, bittersweet. A clear intonation of resentment against oneself. Repenting upon those wasted moments. Probably during childhood or when the poet was younger.

patrick-n

Thoroughly enjoyed, succinct, elegant and thoughtful