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roses are bed May 2018
I stand before the clouds where the sky opens up
the outside air is refreshing in the rain
it's always lovely
watching as it pours
over this rundown metropolis
across the alley ways and bus stops
passing through the breeze at day
blending into the city lights at night
a beautiful water world
all coming to life

and in the midst of it all
a lone observer
wandering the streets
underneath the velvety deep red
my favorite umbrella
it looks out for me
protecting me from the torrent

but I'm not always obedient
I love how it spatters
splashing softly against my legs
slowly seeping into my shoes and socks
it's a cold and fuzzy feeling

the others choose to wear plastic coats
big enough to hide themselves
boots to keep steady and never wash away

but my umbrella is all I have
maybe I'm hopeless
maybe I don't know any better
but when it opens up
everything feels a little more okay
and that's all I ever need


I walk where the streets are empty
winds more heavy as the storm approaches
the others hurried to leave
in search of something else
a new shelter, hope, anything
when they showed their faces
I could see the clouds in their eyes
they were just like me


but there's no one here anymore

when suddenly the rain stopped

where I was

in the eye of the storm

the only spec of color in a thousand miles

a velvety, deep

blood red






I'm just an observer

who sees not with eyes

a beautiful water world

when everyone cries.
what does it mean to you?
pk tunuri Apr 2018
An Umbrella is a cover!
when the rain comes!!

True Friends are the power!
when the problem comes!!
Emily Mitchell Mar 2018
Rummage..., creeeek..., Thump!, Click!
Mushrooms spring up suddenly
After the rain starts.
Visualizing a bunch of pedestrians opening umbrellas on a rainy day.
The part about mushrooms is true too >w<
Faith is
A sure umbrella
Protecting from the storm
And rain of a fickle existence.
Michael A Duff Nov 2017
When it is dark you can use a lantern to light your way.


When its raining an umbrella can shield you from the rain.


Weather you use these things or just wonder in the darkness is a choice for you alone.


Realize you may be just cold, wet, and tired walking in circles.
the lantern symbolizes guidance, illumination, support..  The umbrella is shelter, protection a thin layer of protection.  The darkness is our challenges we face the unknown, they surround us always. It is up to the courage of the individual to take up these tools or to be subject to the darkness and misery of being lost.
K Balachandran Nov 2017
coconut trees hold,
tight on to their umbrellas,
wind upsets that plan.
Gabriel burnS Sep 2017
the sky falls down on me
but
I'm starving my umbrella
to death
Paint the Umbrella
A Riot  of Colours
The Rain can't wash Away

Throw caution to The Winds
A Little dance to the
Reverberating Beats of
Rains splash into Puddles
The Umbrella Aloft ,Swirls
Kaleidoscopic hues at Play

Green is the Colour on the Spectrum Wide
Harbinger of Peace and Tranquillity
The Monsoons The Mainstays

Paint the Umbrella
A Riot of Colours
The Rain can't wash Away
Math Albuquerque Apr 2017
It seems like there's a rain cloud over me
And I still do not have my umbrella
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