#downpour
After the Rain,
as the raindrops,
hits the ground,
is so soothing, and
relaxing,
such a wonderful sound,
to me, it's sleeping weather,
being inside is
so much better, because
of such a long drought,
there is no point in going out,
unless you have to,
on the contrary,
it is better to stay inside,
since there is no skies of blue, and
there is No Sunshine,
to Brighten your day,
but Rain clouds instead,
Filled with Skies of gray,
So, if you want my opinion,
to avoid the feeling of dread,
avoid the inclement-like weather, and
Just stay in bed!!!
B.R.
Date: 5/14/2025
May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM UTC
Water puddles from a heavy rain
Gray clouds above as they calmly remain,
The air is fresh, the temp is so cool,
No signs of sunshine or skies of blue
The Rain is Pouring from the clouds of gray
Splashing all over, what a Rainy day,
So, wear your Rain gear, coats and rubbers,
Please try to stay dry and avoid water puddles
B.R.
11/12/2024
Nov 12, 2024
Nov 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM UTC
I will trade tears for
rain anyday,
I didn't want to be
with you anyway.
since, you decided to
go far away,
I can't deal with this
heartbreak for another day.
although, I am miserable and
feeling down,
because, of you no
Longer being Around!!
I can't continue to feel this way
I would rather trade tears
for a Rainy Day!!!
B.R.
Date: 12/12/2022
Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM UTC
in a downpour of rain.
the world fades away in a flash
of white.
the rain slants and drizzles,
Beginning to fill the gaps of potholes.
And crooked cracks left empty
against the pavement.
the drivers behind
the wheels of their cars
turn their windshield wipers
on high, to no avail.
Their wipers constantly beaded
down, covered white.
Fading away.
the downpour is too heavy.
the rain is too heavy.
It's thuds bead down
against the metal car roofs.
my heart too sways in the wind.
Pinged and drenched,
caught in the downpour of how your
heart's whispers have turned to screams.
rain-soaked tears unveiled to fill the
gaps of all things missing.
including the distance between you and I.
Soon, I too will errupt and overflow.
Fading away in a flash of white
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM UTC
caught off guard
by yet another downpour
unprepared again
he could shelter
from the torrent
tormenting
and tempestuous
beneath the hung branches
of this laden tree
overreaching
beyond its means
but he knows
it cannot keep him dry
for as long as
he might need
from bough to branch
to leaf and bud
down the back of his neck
through layer upon layer
soon sodden and soiled
those discomforting drips
will expose that
which he didn't want
to feel
Jul 27, 2023
Jul 27, 2023 at 9:30 AM UTC
Cloudburst, downpour let it touch down, top down.
Make tears of the clouds wash off negativity till infinity.
Flush away diseases in the life's systems.
Let it fall top downpour vaccine, ignite the machine.
peace Earth pleases hearts. 💕
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023 at 5:01 AM UTC
Rain, rain come again...
with lots of hope in my lane...
For some rain is romantic..it evokes love and excitement..
for some rain is messy and violent...
for some rain brings serenity..
for me rain is necessity....
I love drenching myself in rain
to wash my tears away...
forget what had happened...
and dance in mizzle once again..
rain has always been benediction..
as it had intensified couples passion ...
farmers find salvation...
while for me downpour is divinity...
Rain, rain ..come again
with lots of happiness on my lane...
Jul 2, 2022
Jul 2, 2022 at 10:32 AM UTC
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A gloomy feeling accompanies the rain.
harvest season sometimes reaps none,
the sun is weary, it rushes to descend
humid air wanes as darkness spreads.
sparrows and yellow warblers retreat
how do they stay dry in their nests?
newly-woken bats emerge at sunset
amidst the rain...they try their best.
in the waning light, trees start to play,
their shadows graciously sway,
they dance by the firewall
telling their stories by nightfall.
through a worsening weather
sounds, loud and clear,
the roaring thunder
July's long sunset showers
pour, to cool the dimming atmosphere.
then, darkness claims all the glow.
thunder, lightning, the heavy downpour,
and the warm shelter of our home
are like heaven and hell,
situated side by side.
monsoon season has come without delay
the mischievous puppies dare play
under July's cold pouring rain,
their eyes invite me...but in vain.
sally b
©Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
July 4, 2021
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021 at 8:25 PM UTC
My heart is not a room for rent
Or helping hand for hire
Not a bundle of hay or stack of sticks
To blow down or set on fire
And for that I am so grateful
My walls erected high
So far the top not visible
Bricks reaching past the sky
I am not honey melting on your tongue
My body is not an ocean in which for you to drown
I may make you feel like you are on cloud nine
That just means you have further to fall down
I am not your once-upon-a-time
No longer believe in fairytales
Wish I could be your pussycat
But I am a monster with horns and scales
My affection is not a sunset
Have no glow in which for you to bask
I want so badly to love you like you deserve
Too incompetent to accomplish that task
My time is not a rolling wheel
Spinning forward sure and straight
It is a large looming labyrinth
Impossible to navigate
My happiness is not a prize you can win
Although I wish it were that way
Smiles breifly graze my face in your presence
Why can't one find the determination to stay?
My company doesn't play a melody
Loyalty is not a song
Just a sequence of sad lyrics serenaded
But the notes all come out wrong
My soul is not a shooting range
Target not painted on my back
Yet feel as if at any moment
I will be suddenly under attack
My feelings are not a falling star
Shooting from the sky only for you
Nor are they dandelions or eyelashes
I won't make your wishes come true
My attention is a turning top
Twisting and spinning all over the place
I'll make you so dizzy you can't even walk
Then you'll fall right onto your face
My care is a consuming cancer
Killing every last cell
You're better off without my disease
Stay away and your health will stay well
My mind is an active volcano
Over and over erupts with no warning
Sometimes rage bubbles up from within
I can't stop the molten lava from forming
My companionship is a sleepless night
Kept up by thoughts racing in your head
Questions fighting with each other
Unless I am with you in bed
My devotion is a heavy black cloak
Worn like a ball and chain
Weighing down shoulders like sandbags
I don't think you can handle the strain
My efforts are fistfuls of sand
Slipping through your fragile fingers
Gripping so tightly that when you are done
Only a few wayward grains linger
My adoration is a roulette table
Risk getting hurt by my behavior
Yet you gamble anyways despite the fact
That the odds aren't in your favor
My compliments are Band-Aids
To cover wounds inflicted in haste
You'll get cut by words so sharp
I carelessly misplaced
My desire is a running faucet
Full blast with no way to turn it down
Which means eventually if in my proximity
The sink will fill and you will drown
My intimacy is a roller-coaster
Ascending high and dipping low
There will be moments I let my guard fall
But I also harbor secrets you'll never know
I will remain suspended in your throat
A lump too large to swallow
Too tough to chew to pieces
So your stomach still is hollow
My love is thunder and lightning
A storm that never ceases
No matter how calming and comforting you are
The downpour only ever increases
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021 at 5:24 PM UTC
These tears pouring out
Like I am the most deprived
In this world
Like I am hurt
Like I am lost
Even if I should be fine
Lesser worries
No losses
No pains
Looking at me closely
I should be okay
Should be doing good
But there are still tears
A sudden downpour
I can't comprehend
I only hope
To understand myself
Better now
This time
And again
Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020 at 12:05 PM UTC
Weeks passed, so did days and months
Half drowned in your love, I am now living a barren life
The shards of hope that once glued us together
Are now crushed to death, reflecting my shattered self
The echoes of deep silences no longer scare me
They are way better than your silence
Your last hit is etched in my mind like our first kiss
It haunts me so much that nothing at all makes even a tad bit of sense
I don't shy away from darkness. I now try to live with it
Even if I am free from your shackles, my mind is lost
It is trying to find enough strength to gather hatred plenty
So it could stitch the bruises you caused
No longer in your arms, in an empty hole, I feel trapped
Getting out of which seems completely unimaginable
So drenched in the rain of emptiness I am
That even in the heaviest downpour, though alone, I aim at being stable
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020 at 6:31 AM UTC
Heavenly downpour is here
To wash away every fear,
Cleanse the impure souls
And actualize unachievable goals
Heavenly downpour is here
To make the leaves and flowers
Bloom by her superpowers;
The birds dance happily and stare
Heavenly downpour is here
To carry the burdens we couldn't bear;
Enthrone the gloomy slaves
And enliven corpses in the graves
Heavenly downpour is here
To drown faithless failures and sins
And celebrate the lasting wins
To prove that she truly care
Heavenly downpour is here
To announce another harvest year;
Farmers till and toil the land,
Hoping for bountiful harvest as planned
The cloud cackles and tickles
As she sent down her blessings
To the deserted earth in trickles
Touching the trees by caressings
Children play hide and seek
Both the strong and the weak;
The pitapats of hails on the roofs
Invigorate homes to sing and hoofs
Couples savour the blissful breeze,
The scented moment drew their lips
As their hearts and mouths freeze,
Holding hands and waists in grips
Sep 12, 2020
Sep 12, 2020 at 5:23 PM UTC
Maybe I can’t stop
The downpour But
I will always join you
For a walk in the rain
Together we will flow
Through an ocean of
Ever-changing tides
Drenched
Tired
Stronger
Empowered
The sunrise
Will never look brighter
Then the day we become
One
Sep 22, 2019
Sep 22, 2019 at 9:53 PM UTC
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This poem is self translated version of my Hindi language poem titled "गीत का जन्म" published in Hindi Literary Magazine 'Veena' in June 2013
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When the wounds given by you gave much pain
Lightening occurred and cloud thundered
Downpour started, Poetry sprouted
It consoled and fed ambrosia
Relieved wounds, brought relief
Brick should be answered with stone
The poet also knows this
And also believes somehow
But throwing Brick is beyond his nature
In response to the brick and stone
He recites poetry
He sings a new song
On hearing his song
The one who wounded him, barks first
Then loudly bursts
Throws brick and stone again and again
The poet again recites a song
Keeps Smiling and Smiling
Creates a new poem
This proves beyond any doubt
Brick and stones give birth to Poetry.
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गीत का जन्म
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तुम्हारे ज़ख्मों ने जब दर्द बख्शा
बिजली चमकी और बादल गरजा
कविता फूटी और जल बरसा
उसने मुझे संभाला, अमृत पिलाया
घावों को राहत दी, आराम पहुंचाया
ईंट का जवाब पत्थर से देना चाहिए
कवि भी यह जानता है
पूरी तरह से मानता है
पर ईंट चलाना उसके बस की बात नहीं
ईंट और पत्थर के जवाब में
वह कविता सुनाता है
गीत नया गाता है
जिसे सुन सुनकर
पहले तो मारनेवाला भुनभुनाता है
फिर जोर से फनफनाता है
पुनः ईंट और पत्थर चलाता है
कवि फिर गीत सुनाता है
खड़ा खड़ा मुस्कुराता है
नयी कविता बनाता है
इससे यह सिद्ध होता है
ईंट पत्थर कविता को जन्म देते है|
Sep 1, 2019
Sep 1, 2019 at 10:14 AM UTC
Dark clouds collect overhead
You are as hidden as the sun
As far from me as the moon
Joined life we knew is done
It has been storming since we parted ways
Raindrops falling all the time
Friends tell me to keep my chin up
Starting to think the sun lost its shine
I am tired of this poor weather
Heart colder than winter snow
Drafts slipping through the front door
Sneaking in the crack below
I look towards the sky for freedom
Releif from this torrential curse
Although buckets of water dump from above
Only your kiss can quench my thirst
Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019 at 1:52 AM UTC
when will it stop?
these teardrops,
the downpour?
the rain beats on my back
as it mixes with my tears.
i can’t make it through the storm alone
so please stay with me.
i don’t want to get wet with rain
and tremble with cold.
it’s just a passing downpour,
i tell myself.
i won’t let it stay like this,
i can’t.
i need to be dry,
i need to be happy.
what happens when i stay in the rain?
i will let it win the war,
and the rain melts me away.
slowly and softly,
so no one notices me gone until it’s too late.
Apr 29, 2019
Apr 29, 2019 at 8:51 AM UTC
You know those days when the sky is completely grey and we're afraid it's going to pour rain at any minute?
You know how we make it through the storm, but still, we have to acknowledge that the clouds will eventually be back?
You just never know when, and you'll never know how hard It'll down poor.
It speaks to me on how I, myself express my sadness.
These thoughts accumulate over time, they're there.
I can sense them,
sometimes I can forget them and they'll drift away
and the sun will shine,
the birds will sing,
the sun rays will dance across my skin
and all is at peace.
Most of the time, that's just not how it works for me.
When I pour out I'm not just displeasing myself, I soak the people around me without warning.
I don't want to be like that.
I need to learn to love the rain.
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019 at 3:00 PM UTC
The storm that dares
To snap up a bubble
Brews up the thundering
Only to sing out in raining!
Beyond the serene meadows
One still rests in the cool shadow
Swallows the downpouring
just like an ordinary daily dose!
Nov 5, 2018
Nov 5, 2018 at 8:26 AM UTC
Our secrets followed us here
Into this aged room
With dusty walls
And a stale smell
That reminds me a lot of us
Stuck in these patterns
Of not telling the whole truth
For the sake of others
For the sake of ourselves
Saving face as if it were a race
To see who can hide the most
But my hands our tied
I can no longer be the one that lies
Because lying next to you
Has become a painful facade
A ridiculous charade
A song that’s been overplayed
A novel that needs an end
This is the moment that breaks us
When I stop biting my tongue
Until my mouth is filled with blood
This is the minute where truth floods
Downpour of rain
Drowning you in disdain
Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 1:02 PM UTC
for the past few weeks I just haven't felt good
like the downpours I hit on my way to work
I've just been waiting to fall
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 6:31 AM UTC
hey moon,
you look like my girl.
but you fell, even when a soft not-so-country singer begged,
begged you to stay in the sky.
the only falling i’ll ever do,
it’s for you.
i fell for you,
as fast as a stone,
a jewel thrown into the sea.
glittering along those most beautiful things in the world.
i fell for you,
like rain from the north.
relaxed, slow,
then all at once.
northern downpour sends love,
i’d sing sardonically.
but with love?
Aug 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 at 1:01 PM UTC
How do I tell you this separation
Is gnawing through my heart?
I knew it would hurt, nothing could prepare
Me for the catastrophic pain of being apart.
I hate that we are divided now
Two halves that were once whole
Desperately trying to replace
The precious moments time stole.
I wear a mask to conceal the hurt
Plus longing I don't understand
Pretend my senses are alive and tingling
When all I see and taste is bland.
I comb old photographs searching for
The exact moment we started crumbling
Unanswered questions form an endless pit
I am falling into it, tumbling.
Unable to find the right direction
I wander my silent sorrowful abyss
Looking for a working compass
That will point me towards bliss.
Or a distraction powerful enough
To keep distance far from nagging thoughts
I am helpless while being pushed around
By fear contorting my stomach into knots.
An apocalyptic cloud
Of uncertainty, dismay, and doubt
Follows close behind my footsteps
Reminding me of what I have to live without.
Rain falls in steady splatters
I retain hope this internal war I can win
Even if the torrential downpour never lets up
I have no choice but carry on soaked to the skin.
Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 12:24 AM UTC
In that moment I am gray as a the clouds until the sky falls down and there is gray all over me, all around and on the ground.
Do you ever feel such moments my friend?
When you feel like you are one with the clouds?
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 at 2:15 PM UTC