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"downpour" poems
If I was a mountain That soared towards the sky, With craggy snow caps And stormy grey eyes- Then you'd be the clouds That swaddled my peak, That silenced my thunder When I tried to speak. If I was the earth The desert, in fact: With arid dry soil And mud, baked and cracked- You'd be the rain The downpour that soothed; The balm to my bruises, Relief to my wounds. If I was the Moon In the indigo night, With stars as my blanket And silver; my light- Well you'd be the Sun Just always behind That lent me your glow And caused me to shine.
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 12:39 AM UTC
Metaphors
Heaven rained on me, I breathed in the petrichor, Bathed in the downpour.
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Sep 29, 2019
Sep 29, 2019 at 3:42 AM UTC
Submission
Let it be grey. It has never rained like this before, I like it this way. I don't care if it is night or day. For all the times I have felt sore, Let it be grey. They will not come today. No one will knock on the door, I like it this way. There is nothing for me to say. I want to listen to the clouds roar, Let it be grey. The wind whistles my stress away. And I have nothing to cry for, I like it this way. My mind wanders away. My eyes marvel at the downpour, Let it be grey. I like it this way.
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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 at 4:04 PM UTC
Let it be grey
Great tragedy suffered, Impossible circumstances conquered, The warrior walks upon the field flanked path. The wanderer's armor tells a tale, Battle scarred and partially rent asunder, A face of stoicism that hides the haggardness underneath, Peeking out beneath the mask of a hardened soldier. The clouds clap ahead, preceded by flashes of light brightly illuminating the world, Accompanied shortly after by the rainfall. A trickle becomes a downpour, The battered individual trudging along as the road becomes a bog of mud and slop, The message firmly planted within their mind. Coming upon the dark outline of the castle ahead the warrior picks up pace, Reflecting upon what would happen to those that the Warrior helped. The pace is now fueled by a different kind of urgency. The rain is cold upon the face's of those that it falls on, The torn edges of metal digging in at places, Some already wounded and tender, As the final hilltop between them is crested. The gates are closed, And this loyal soldier is for the moment shut out, A fist is raised, The declaration of allegiance given, An angry detailing of the warriors achievements and adventures shouted, And a challenge of one's path, Building in anger and fury as the dam finally breaks and gushes forth, Threatening to shatter the gate and doors to splinters and twisted metal. A long ago promised gift to be rewarded, For all the things endured, Things that could be considered so cruel, The storm picks up in force until it's akin to that of a hurricane, As if brought forth by the warrior's grief and pain finally being released, For the first and only time. These things ringing out despite the storms roaring wind, Gathering force, Perhaps in affirmation of the warrior's words. After a pause the gate begins to lift, It's metal screeching, The doors groaning as they begin to swing outward, and the battered soldier is bathed in light, Taking the weight from the warrior's shoulders, As the threshold is finally crossed.
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May 12, 2018
May 12, 2018 at 9:22 PM UTC
Threshold
Great tragedy suffered, Impossible circumstances conquered, The warrior walks upon the field flanked path. The wanderer's armor tells a tale, Battle scarred and partially rent asunder, A face of stoicism that hides the haggardness underneath, Peeking out beneath the mask of a hardened soldier. The clouds clap ahead, preceded by flashes of light brightly illuminating the world, Accompanied shortly after by the rainfall. A trickle becomes a downpour, The battered individual trudging along as the road becomes a bog of mud and slop, The message firmly planted within their mind. Coming upon the dark outline of the castle ahead the warrior picks up pace, Reflecting upon what would happen to those that the Warrior helped. The pace is now fueled by a different kind of urgency. The rain is cold upon the face's of those that it falls on, The torn edges of metal digging in at places, Some already wounded and tender, As the final hilltop between them is crested. The gates are closed, And this loyal soldier is for the moment shut out, A fist is raised, The declaration of allegiance given, An angry detailing of the warriors achievements and adventures shouted, And a challenge of one's path, Building in anger and fury as the dam finally breaks and gushes forth, Threatening to shatter the gate and doors to splinters and twisted metal. A long ago promised gift to be rewarded, For all the things endured, Things that could be considered so cruel, The storm picks up in force until it's akin to that of a hurricane, As if brought forth by the warrior's grief and pain finally being released, For the first and only time. These things ringing out despite the storms roaring wind, Gathering force, Perhaps in affirmation of the warrior's words. After a pause the gate begins to lift, It's metal screeching, The doors groaning as they begin to swing outward, and the battered soldier is bathed in light, Taking the weight from the warrior's shoulders, As the threshold is finally crossed.
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May mga oras na alam **** nasaksaktan ka Ngunit hindi mo malaman kung bakit ba Mga emosyong ayaw magpakita Kahit sa mga mata'y hindi ito madama.                              May mga araw na ang iyong puso'y nangungulila                              Sa mga memorya ng ulan na tumila                              Nagmumuni-muni habang nakahiga sa maliit na kama                              Hindi malaman, bakit ba nagkaganito na? May mga gabi na mapapaupo ka sa inyong balkonahe Mga titig ay nasa mga tala na tila may sinasabi Ang hiling **** kaytagal nang naisantabi Ngayon kaya ay mangyayari?                 Oh, aking sarili!                 Minsa'y kailangan mo ring magpahinga                 Sa mga problemang dahilan ng iyong panlulumbay                 Iyong harapin ng positibo ang hiram na buhay. *There are times that you know you're in pain Yet you can't figure out the reason you feel lame Hidden emotions, unclear, unseen Even the eyes can't give the look of what you're feelin'                                There are some days when your heart feels empty                                Yearning for the memory of the downpour that had stopped                                Meditating while lying on the bed that is tiny                                Asking yourself, how did this happen, it feels so rough There's this kind of night when you'd sit outside at the balcony Gazing at the stars that seem to be saying something Your wish that was set aside and buried in your mind Would it be granted now?                 My dear self,                 Sometimes you need to stop and take a rest                 From your problems that sadden you the deepest                And face the positivity of life; "our lives are borrowed,                   don't let the eyebrows be furrowed."*
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Jul 16, 2015
Jul 16, 2015 at 1:43 PM UTC
Buhol na Damdamin (Tangled Emotions)
May mga oras na alam **** nasaksaktan ka Ngunit hindi mo malaman kung bakit ba Mga emosyong ayaw magpakita Kahit sa mga mata'y hindi ito madama.                              May mga araw na ang iyong puso'y nangungulila                              Sa mga memorya ng ulan na tumila                              Nagmumuni-muni habang nakahiga sa maliit na kama                              Hindi malaman, bakit ba nagkaganito na? May mga gabi na mapapaupo ka sa inyong balkonahe Mga titig ay nasa mga tala na tila may sinasabi Ang hiling **** kaytagal nang naisantabi Ngayon kaya ay mangyayari?                 Oh, aking sarili!                 Minsa'y kailangan mo ring magpahinga                 Sa mga problemang dahilan ng iyong panlulumbay                 Iyong harapin ng positibo ang hiram na buhay. *There are times that you know you're in pain Yet you can't figure out the reason you feel lame Hidden emotions, unclear, unseen Even the eyes can't give the look of what you're feelin'                                There are some days when your heart feels empty                                Yearning for the memory of the downpour that had stopped                                Meditating while lying on the bed that is tiny                                Asking yourself, how did this happen, it feels so rough There's this kind of night when you'd sit outside at the balcony Gazing at the stars that seem to be saying something Your wish that was set aside and buried in your mind Would it be granted now?                 My dear self,                 Sometimes you need to stop and take a rest                 From your problems that sadden you the deepest                And face the positivity of life; "our lives are borrowed,                   don't let the eyebrows be furrowed."*
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Roses want blood, delicacy, and grace. Flowers want life, Love, and care. Doomed are those who treat their roses as if flowers bleeding until drought Long live those who treat their flowers as if roses giving until downpour
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 3:15 PM UTC
Violets aren't blue, seriously guys
A strange weather pattern Appears up in the sky, And a strange sludge splatters Into onlooking eyes. Menstrual matter falls From the great godless clouds, The people struck with awe As they run, scream alloud. A trickle turned downpour Of radiated blood, Now drowning in a storm That yields a *** flood. Dropping violently in pints, gallons, and leagues We become fossils under a ************ sea.
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Jul 3, 2010
Jul 3, 2010 at 6:50 PM UTC
************ Inundation
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch Oh, my love is like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in June and my love is like the melody that's sweetly played in tune. And you're so fair, my lovely lass, and so deep in love am I, that I will love you still, my dear, till all the seas run dry. Till all the seas run dry, my dear, and the rocks melt with the sun! And I will love you still, my dear, while the sands of life shall run.   And fare you well, my only love! And fare you well, awhile! And I will come again, my love, though it were ten thousand miles! Keywords/Tags: Robert Burns, red, rose, translation, modernization, update, interpretation, modern English, melody, tune, seas, dry, rocks, melt, sun, ten thousand miles Original Scots Dialect Poem: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O my Luve is like a red, red rose    That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody    That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,    So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear,    Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,    And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear,    While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve!    And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my luve,    Though it were ten thousand mile. Hugh MacDiarmid wrote "The Watergaw" in a Scots dialect. I have translated the poem into modern English to make it easier to read and understand. A watergaw is a fragmentary rainbow. The Watergaw by Hugh MacDiarmid loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch One wet forenight in the sheep-shearing season I saw the uncanniest thing— a watergaw with its wavering light shining beyond the wild downpour of rain ... and I thought of the last wild look that you gave when you knew you were destined for the grave. There was no light in the skylark's nest that night—no—nor any in mine; but now often I've thought of that foolish light and of these more foolish hearts of men ... and I think that maybe at last I ken what your look meant then. Keywords/Tags: Scotland, Scot, Scottish, Scots dialect, night, nightfall, rain, grave, death, death of a friend, light, lights, watergaw, heart, heartache, broken heart, heart song
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Apr 19, 2020
Apr 19, 2020 at 11:10 PM UTC
Robert Burns "A Red, Red Rose" translation
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch Oh, my love is like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in June and my love is like the melody that's sweetly played in tune. And you're so fair, my lovely lass, and so deep in love am I, that I will love you still, my dear, till all the seas run dry. Till all the seas run dry, my dear, and the rocks melt with the sun! And I will love you still, my dear, while the sands of life shall run.   And fare you well, my only love! And fare you well, awhile! And I will come again, my love, though it were ten thousand miles! Keywords/Tags: Robert Burns, red, rose, translation, modernization, update, interpretation, modern English, melody, tune, seas, dry, rocks, melt, sun, ten thousand miles Original Scots Dialect Poem: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O my Luve is like a red, red rose    That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody    That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,    So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear,    Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,    And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear,    While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve!    And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my luve,    Though it were ten thousand mile. Hugh MacDiarmid wrote "The Watergaw" in a Scots dialect. I have translated the poem into modern English to make it easier to read and understand. A watergaw is a fragmentary rainbow. The Watergaw by Hugh MacDiarmid loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch One wet forenight in the sheep-shearing season I saw the uncanniest thing— a watergaw with its wavering light shining beyond the wild downpour of rain ... and I thought of the last wild look that you gave when you knew you were destined for the grave. There was no light in the skylark's nest that night—no—nor any in mine; but now often I've thought of that foolish light and of these more foolish hearts of men ... and I think that maybe at last I ken what your look meant then. Keywords/Tags: Scotland, Scot, Scottish, Scots dialect, night, nightfall, rain, grave, death, death of a friend, light, lights, watergaw, heart, heartache, broken heart, heart song
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.     It's here again...    Heavy downpour...    I inhaled the rain,     cloying with petrichor.       Standing at my window,      looking out...     Street lamps struggled aglow.    People with brollies walking about.    My eyes reached out to the heavens,     tracing these glassy beads       as they'd free fall...         Falling by the sheets,        the pattering hastens,       periodically punctuated      by the thunder's call.      Mind is drifting and floating,        intently listening to a           million love wishes...              Liquid beauty...melding, sketching...            In light entrapped splashes.          Raindrops descend and come,          into my still life tonight...           Won't you will me numb,              with your chilly bite...              Wide-eyed enamour...             Catching a stray droplet or two.              Riding the tail of a zephyr,               finding a place where                 no trouble could ensue.             An errant gust blew            to meet with me.           The refreshing moist          meets my parted lips...         Inhaling deep in this reverie...        Into a sea of tranquillity,         my mind slowly dips...       Sigh... If the droplets were kisses...       I would savour each and every one.       If the moist wind came and caresses      I would meet it in a tight embrace    till the break of sun.   What a sight...    Almost surreal it seems...       As the light from the surrounding          lamps dances playfully...         Dispersing and exploding into a      barrage of shattered beams.     Before it gets subdued in the drops    caught by the leaves on a nearby tree...    The drops would trickle      and fall before merging,       forming stranded puddles        unable to flow...         Rippling... Splashing... Reflecting...       An image...      Borne out of a fantastic show.     An image of beating hearts,      overlapping one another...        Speaking of consequential love           and feelings so true         Intertwined...      in the promise of forever...   Slowly retrieving itself into an...   image of you...
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Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 7:18 AM UTC
Image
.     It's here again...    Heavy downpour...    I inhaled the rain,     cloying with petrichor.       Standing at my window,      looking out...     Street lamps struggled aglow.    People with brollies walking about.    My eyes reached out to the heavens,     tracing these glassy beads       as they'd free fall...         Falling by the sheets,        the pattering hastens,       periodically punctuated      by the thunder's call.      Mind is drifting and floating,        intently listening to a           million love wishes...              Liquid beauty...melding, sketching...            In light entrapped splashes.          Raindrops descend and come,          into my still life tonight...           Won't you will me numb,              with your chilly bite...              Wide-eyed enamour...             Catching a stray droplet or two.              Riding the tail of a zephyr,               finding a place where                 no trouble could ensue.             An errant gust blew            to meet with me.           The refreshing moist          meets my parted lips...         Inhaling deep in this reverie...        Into a sea of tranquillity,         my mind slowly dips...       Sigh... If the droplets were kisses...       I would savour each and every one.       If the moist wind came and caresses      I would meet it in a tight embrace    till the break of sun.   What a sight...    Almost surreal it seems...       As the light from the surrounding          lamps dances playfully...         Dispersing and exploding into a      barrage of shattered beams.     Before it gets subdued in the drops    caught by the leaves on a nearby tree...    The drops would trickle      and fall before merging,       forming stranded puddles        unable to flow...         Rippling... Splashing... Reflecting...       An image...      Borne out of a fantastic show.     An image of beating hearts,      overlapping one another...        Speaking of consequential love           and feelings so true         Intertwined...      in the promise of forever...   Slowly retrieving itself into an...   image of you...
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Remember Barbara It rained relentlesly on Brest that day And you walked smiling Beaming ravishing drenched Under the rain Remember Barbara It rained relentlesly on Brest that day And I ran into you in Siam Street You were smiling And I smiled too Remember Barbara You whom I didn't know You who didn't know me Remember Remember that day still Don't forget A man was taking cover on a porch And he cried your name Barbara And you ran to him under the rain Beaming ravishing drenched And you threw yourself in his arms Remember that Barbara And don't be mad if I speak familiarly I speak familiarly to everyone I love Even if I've seen them only once I speak familiarly to all who are in love Even if I don't know them Remember Barbara Don't forget That good and happy rain On your happy face On that happy town That rain upon the sea Upon the arsenal Upon the Ushant boat Oh Barbara What stupidity is war Wwhat has become of you Under this iron rain Of fire and steel and blood And he who held you in his arms Amorously Is he dead and gone or still so much alive Oh Barbara It's rained all day on Brest today As it was raining before But it isn't the same anymore And everything is wrecked It's a rain of mourning terrible and desolate Nor is it still a storm Of iron and steel and blood But simply clouds That die like dogs Dogs that disappear In the downpour drowning Brest And float away to rot A long way off A long long way from Brest Of which there's nothing left.
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Barbara
She is the first springtime shower a fresh promise of something new The foundation to newfound life around her a persona of all that is true Soon, she is a summer downpour A welcome respite from scorching heat Every drop i crave, every storm near surrounds me Her water is soon air, an overwhelming necessity Later, an autumn storm. Accompanied by a bite A wind so harsh and bitter Makes me forget her first spring life And lastly, a soft snowfall. Her floods have turned to ice Frozen and forgotten The damage heals with time Storms must come full circle none truly have an end But to have known this girl, What a privilege. She was a living monsoon, a friend.
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM UTC
Monsoon
I can still hear your lisp the way it covered every "r" you sounded bare skin under mist, your eyes matched your hair the first, all blue raspberry stained lips the second, pure spring sky Never before, had I loved the rain, as much as when we ran through it we let the downpour soak our clothes and congruent, thunder couldn't scare us we felt naked, or I did, but I didn't mind it to be naked with you was all that I wanted Never before, had I looked at a girl, and wanted to hold her, the way I held you suddenly, the laws I believed in felt paperclip thin, and completely untrue it didn't take much strength to twist every one of them into a shapeless and easily ignorable pile of waste You knew the flags of every country as if your allegiance was to the entire world I wanted it to be to me only and I think I knew that it was, but that doesn't mean I didn't want you to say it
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 3:23 PM UTC
Lisp
only wanted to enjoy the same unusual things with like-minded people the concierge of dystopia fnording ******* messing around with the octopus cyberpunk nightmare with blue sky expect a deluge and then wonder what happened to it evaporated anxiety due for a downpour catacombs rented by the hour she typically cares about those who don't care about her abandoning me without consequence don't ever come back ungrateful swine of nowhere! loyalty exists only in a parallel universe where they locked themselves up and destroyed the key they feed the rich and ignore the poor in the end the strugglers will prevail and the ones who had it easy will suffer game shows that punish the ignorant rage that never ends scoring infinite points in basketball and still losing the game only wanted to enjoy the same unusual things with like-minded people
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Sep 20, 2014
Sep 20, 2014 at 8:59 PM UTC
alienation
Do you remember what you said that day How terrible you felt inside When all those clouds of disappointment Blew into your lovely skies Your life could not get any worse To yourself you sadly said Because your glorious sun no longer shone While lightning crashed ahead Your teardrops fell like rain that day Unnoticed in the downpour Torrential streams from the blackest skies One had ever seen before One day your sun returned to shine again Winds of disappointment changed Your flowing tears glowed into a radiant smile As your life’s direction rearranged Now here you stand, downcast once again Black cloudy skies moving in Never give up looking for that sun of yours To shine through those clouds again
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Sep 2, 2010
Sep 2, 2010 at 7:13 PM UTC
Your Sun Will Shine Again
I say; The drifting rain dissolves sea salt Turning tears into dangled monsoon Under the bleak ballad of dying dawn Where I long for heat unbroken You say; The drifting rain drenches my tiptoe Witching smiles into deranged equinox Upon the downpour of ancient daybreak Where I pray for old snow long sunk All was as if the days faded And morphed into younger sunset It was as if mercy was drained And no one preach as desired The downpour stench though remains constant Of rotting perfume of the rouge graphite You drowsily drip from dowsing fingers, they lit Into pages of burning, dancing melodious lads As will, you may keep those imageries for you And give up old stories as my slumber lyre Whether it is about the burnt down marching boy Or the bloodstained pianist from our ancient joy For the bleak heart aesthetic has affected a new kind of love And the bleak heart aesthetic would never let you feel so certain So please keep your drifting rain of strings During the downpour of the deranged equinox When the snow goes black and slowly sunk Into pages of firespit melodious lads
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Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015 at 7:19 AM UTC
The Bleak Heart Aesthetic
I arrive at this rebirth, a long-awaited taxi pulling up in a winter’s downpour. I called this cab years ago, at that first tiny self hatred that started it all: When I stepped on that caterpillar outside Ms. Harris' class. The cab arrives at a party. Small mouths pry: What do you do? Heavy brows furrow at: I forgave myself today. Strangers ask me my name but I don’t know what it is so I dive into the pool and suddenly everything is muffled and at peace, and I am discovering the joy of my hands outstretched in the water. This must be ******* colors pulse touches ****** bird songs are Vivaldi, or maybe this is just what it’s like to clasp my hands to hear the rain to think one single mundane thought without shame. I hail another cab, but this time my sins are huddled in the back seat. They gaze up at me with familiar pleading eyes. They caress my cheek with skeleton fingers. It’s time to go home and watch the Price is Right like we always do. They are hurt that I went anywhere without them. I stroke their oily hairs and hold them as we fall asleep. But when I come to they’ve faded away and I awake embracing myself.
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Dec 12, 2017
Dec 12, 2017 at 11:21 PM UTC
Paid fare
You wanted only rain today And clouds from far anon. I watched their fingers smudge the sky And cast away the sun I brought upon the downpour And trembled as it fell. Chilling every molecule And drenching every cell. I could not wish this rain to cease; It was necessity To end the all-consuming flame That blazed through you and me Still I felt the damage Of burns beneath the skin The outside seemed undamaged Though truth lie deep within.
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Jun 25, 2014
Jun 25, 2014 at 10:16 PM UTC
You Wanted Rain.
just because I love you well it don't mean I won't leave you aw **** what's life without love? Hopefully you'll see me someday shortly I know you can see the red light in the stars Are you breathing finally? with Faith, you'll see all I can do is keep you in love with me Relax with me, you'll see I am the downpour that makes your petals bloom I will fight till the fall for you from the patient soil we will see the king blossom with his seed
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Aug 11, 2012
Aug 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM UTC
remember when I used to write poetry?
Droplets tap the dusty windows Tipping pleasure on the pane Dribbles every time the wind blows Prophesize a hurricane Kisses linger on the backseat Desperate to delight in more Suffocated by the heat, but When it rains, it starts to pour Panic storm that quickly closes Smashing waves upon the sand Tension tearing up the roses Stuttered poems, shaking hands Though the pressure keeps you floating And the ocean licks its shore There's no way of sugarcoating Once it rains, it has to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Let the plants hang onto youth Sunday jazz, petrichor feeling Hear it tripping on the roof Smell it shifting all around you Leaking through your drying veins Leave your stagnant dragonfly blue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours I'll blossom being yours Downpour cleans the ***** traffic Rippling madly down the drain Paints the artist something graphic While he's waiting for the train Laughter echoes in the morning Licking soil and clouds to raw From the vision that's been dawning Once you rain, it has to pour Spitting bombshells pelt your raincoat Tears in quiet pools of green Holes inside your getaway boat Water's sweet but can be mean You've avoided all the warfare But the stars rampage for more Douse the thin comfort you still wear Once it rains, it starts to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Give the plants a thirsty truth Fairy lights and freedom feeling Tunes of our torrential youth Smell it changing all around you Bursting through the shrivelled veins Leave your crippled summertime hue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours, I'll bloom so much being yours We're a perfect storm, I guess Fire has been stopped with less When it rains it has to pour.
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Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018 at 2:46 PM UTC
When it rains, it pours
Droplets tap the dusty windows Tipping pleasure on the pane Dribbles every time the wind blows Prophesize a hurricane Kisses linger on the backseat Desperate to delight in more Suffocated by the heat, but When it rains, it starts to pour Panic storm that quickly closes Smashing waves upon the sand Tension tearing up the roses Stuttered poems, shaking hands Though the pressure keeps you floating And the ocean licks its shore There's no way of sugarcoating Once it rains, it has to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Let the plants hang onto youth Sunday jazz, petrichor feeling Hear it tripping on the roof Smell it shifting all around you Leaking through your drying veins Leave your stagnant dragonfly blue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours I'll blossom being yours Downpour cleans the ***** traffic Rippling madly down the drain Paints the artist something graphic While he's waiting for the train Laughter echoes in the morning Licking soil and clouds to raw From the vision that's been dawning Once you rain, it has to pour Spitting bombshells pelt your raincoat Tears in quiet pools of green Holes inside your getaway boat Water's sweet but can be mean You've avoided all the warfare But the stars rampage for more Douse the thin comfort you still wear Once it rains, it starts to pour Stick a finger in your ceiling Give the plants a thirsty truth Fairy lights and freedom feeling Tunes of our torrential youth Smell it changing all around you Bursting through the shrivelled veins Leave your crippled summertime hue Open up into the rain When it rains, it pours, I'll bloom so much being yours We're a perfect storm, I guess Fire has been stopped with less When it rains it has to pour.
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A silhouette of some kind That appeared and vanished At the end of what seemed a horizon A silhouette of a creature That left behind the day And just so simply vanished… With a sigh I defy The fact of what I saw And had written it away as a memory A memory that I had made to be as a figment of my imagination that I had formed in this gloomy day.. And with a chuckle I cleared my throat And moved on… But I couldn't sleep For that night The moon so lavishly Without a care As though without a thought Stood Shimmering in the sky beautifully Instantly revealing that what I had seen this morn.. And with a feeling That seemed as though this night would never end I walk up and ask That if not impossible Can you tell me who you are? I wonder A beast, a spirit, a demon, an angel, a monster…. You do not speak And I start to dream And for some reason… with every minute that I spend Staring at you I begin to fall in love.. Oh god.. help me.. For it seems that I have once again begun to feel… And as I try to avoid And as I try to move It seems that I cannot get myself to keep away.. From connecting myself to you… In a way that will never break away.. Oh how a bitter day has made its way For a simple silhouette now soaked and stripped Completely transparent with nothing in its way A silhouette of black and white Completely stripped down As though wishing to die And as the day goes by You seem slightly in sight I try to move on and walk away But wherever I go I seem to find you somewhere.. And unfavorably I gaze at this Lilac horizon When all of a sudden ..What happened? The clouds seem to have disappeared And you are no nowhere in sight Yet under a cloudless sky falls a downpour Indefinitely in sight Confirming I hadn't just gone blind.. It seems that I have just realized That I had fallen in love with something otherworldly I fell in love much more that I should have.. And now that you aren't in sight I am lost Without a path to walk I don’t know what to do But why Even though we didn't speak Even though we would just meet Why does your absence Create such a transparency within me… And so I whisper good-bye, even if just for myself Thinking that you were not but a figment of my imagination all this while A tear drops As I take a step forward A miserable and helpless man I was What a miserable and helpless man I am….. I fell in love with something unknown I fell in love more gently that I thought Such a tasteless romance.. To fall in love with something I do not know To fall in love with something I do not understand And as the hours go by I begin to cry I begin to cry I request for a prayer I request for a wish "Give her a soul Give her a body Tell me she was real TELL ME SHE WAS REAL ….please” A silhouette so dark A silhouette silent Invisible and dark As though never existent Flying away Flying away And without knowing what you are It seems I had completely fallen in love A love so gentle… A love so tasteless… I fell in love with nothing but a presence Of something I didn't know Of something I didn't understand.
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Jan 26, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 at 12:12 PM UTC
Non-Existing Silhouette
A silhouette of some kind That appeared and vanished At the end of what seemed a horizon A silhouette of a creature That left behind the day And just so simply vanished… With a sigh I defy The fact of what I saw And had written it away as a memory A memory that I had made to be as a figment of my imagination that I had formed in this gloomy day.. And with a chuckle I cleared my throat And moved on… But I couldn't sleep For that night The moon so lavishly Without a care As though without a thought Stood Shimmering in the sky beautifully Instantly revealing that what I had seen this morn.. And with a feeling That seemed as though this night would never end I walk up and ask That if not impossible Can you tell me who you are? I wonder A beast, a spirit, a demon, an angel, a monster…. You do not speak And I start to dream And for some reason… with every minute that I spend Staring at you I begin to fall in love.. Oh god.. help me.. For it seems that I have once again begun to feel… And as I try to avoid And as I try to move It seems that I cannot get myself to keep away.. From connecting myself to you… In a way that will never break away.. Oh how a bitter day has made its way For a simple silhouette now soaked and stripped Completely transparent with nothing in its way A silhouette of black and white Completely stripped down As though wishing to die And as the day goes by You seem slightly in sight I try to move on and walk away But wherever I go I seem to find you somewhere.. And unfavorably I gaze at this Lilac horizon When all of a sudden ..What happened? The clouds seem to have disappeared And you are no nowhere in sight Yet under a cloudless sky falls a downpour Indefinitely in sight Confirming I hadn't just gone blind.. It seems that I have just realized That I had fallen in love with something otherworldly I fell in love much more that I should have.. And now that you aren't in sight I am lost Without a path to walk I don’t know what to do But why Even though we didn't speak Even though we would just meet Why does your absence Create such a transparency within me… And so I whisper good-bye, even if just for myself Thinking that you were not but a figment of my imagination all this while A tear drops As I take a step forward A miserable and helpless man I was What a miserable and helpless man I am….. I fell in love with something unknown I fell in love more gently that I thought Such a tasteless romance.. To fall in love with something I do not know To fall in love with something I do not understand And as the hours go by I begin to cry I begin to cry I request for a prayer I request for a wish "Give her a soul Give her a body Tell me she was real TELL ME SHE WAS REAL ….please” A silhouette so dark A silhouette silent Invisible and dark As though never existent Flying away Flying away And without knowing what you are It seems I had completely fallen in love A love so gentle… A love so tasteless… I fell in love with nothing but a presence Of something I didn't know Of something I didn't understand.
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sometimes i feel too much sometimes i feel too little i wish i could stay in that happy place that lies right in the middle when i feel too much it's a torrent of emotion a downpour of epic proportion and i pray for it to end yet when it does i don't feel enough i'm numb, frozen, depressed. I then pray for this to end and i'd do anything to feel again so i'm stuck in this happy limbo never feeling quite right like goldilocks in the three bear's house i can't sleep at night
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Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 2017 at 1:12 PM UTC
the problem with feeling
I wonder where raindrops come from before they reach my window, A river? Lake? Ocean? I wonder how far they have to travel before they reach my window, A kilometer? Mile? Country? I wonder if these raindrops work together to sing as they reach my window, Plop-plop, ploop, plop-ploop! I wonder how diverse the raindrops are as they reach my window, Oh hello, I'm from Lake Ontario. I wonder if it's a wild party or wet war in the clouds whose raindrops reach my window, Let's dance! Fight me! I wonder how social raindrops are that reach my window, Stick to me, we'll become a downpour! I wonder if the cloud is the mother that lets go of its children to reach my window, Off to the lake, ma, see you soon! I wonder if raindrops thought they could fly but instead reached my window, Weeeeee-aahhhhhhhh! I wonder if they all fall but expect to soar as they reached my window.... Plop-plop, ploop-plop, plop, ploop, plop, plop....
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May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 at 8:48 PM UTC
Raindrops on my Window
*The world where I stood was a desert thirsty for a pint of rain; longing for a kiss that never came.* Not until you did. Everything started with a droplet of your essence, Out of nowhere. Unexpected. YOU... yes you MANIFESTED. *Without notice, you took me by surprise. A beautiful surprise I say. For the first time in a while I felt, my worries washed away by your presence. Hot sand turned mud where then I lay. In those moments I lost, all anxieties brought by drought. When through the years I thought I'd never touch the rain I ought to ardently pray for every night. Imbued I was with your* "love". clothes soaked. body wet. soul drunk. *your name the promise I mutter through the drizzle. This body jived to the beat of a million sizzle. Moments passed faster than it seemed. I, taken away by lust of a parched soul.* I slurped. I gulped. I glugged. *as much as I could, never thinking of what I would drink in the latter. When the land runs dry; when then again,* I'm deprived of water. *So then, what caught me by surprise, left without a word... woah,* SURPRISE! everything turned back the way it was; an arid heart in a blink of an eye. *But what makes me wonder is this delusive sense, of your cooling touch amidst this false pretense;* I smell– *Your scent stick to my chest like perfume odour. My nostrils clogged with the aroma of your neck. A waft that distorts the senses of this* consumed man. Thoughts of you linger long after you are gone... Like the fragrance of rain that stays after the downpour.
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Oct 18, 2014
Oct 18, 2014 at 9:06 AM UTC
Petrichor.
*The world where I stood was a desert thirsty for a pint of rain; longing for a kiss that never came.* Not until you did. Everything started with a droplet of your essence, Out of nowhere. Unexpected. YOU... yes you MANIFESTED. *Without notice, you took me by surprise. A beautiful surprise I say. For the first time in a while I felt, my worries washed away by your presence. Hot sand turned mud where then I lay. In those moments I lost, all anxieties brought by drought. When through the years I thought I'd never touch the rain I ought to ardently pray for every night. Imbued I was with your* "love". clothes soaked. body wet. soul drunk. *your name the promise I mutter through the drizzle. This body jived to the beat of a million sizzle. Moments passed faster than it seemed. I, taken away by lust of a parched soul.* I slurped. I gulped. I glugged. *as much as I could, never thinking of what I would drink in the latter. When the land runs dry; when then again,* I'm deprived of water. *So then, what caught me by surprise, left without a word... woah,* SURPRISE! everything turned back the way it was; an arid heart in a blink of an eye. *But what makes me wonder is this delusive sense, of your cooling touch amidst this false pretense;* I smell– *Your scent stick to my chest like perfume odour. My nostrils clogged with the aroma of your neck. A waft that distorts the senses of this* consumed man. Thoughts of you linger long after you are gone... Like the fragrance of rain that stays after the downpour.
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Dark clouds loomed over the horizon They broke loose in unprecedented force Nature’s wrath, sudden violence acquired It rained down as if unleashing all her fury It was a downpour without one equal The heavens let down dark misery for days on end, Water bodies swelled and hollows filled, Land mass slipped and trees fell, Rivers were in spate and dams were full Waves surfed and waters roared, Like mountains they rose over the land, Men in throngs were evicted from their homes, Hundreds died and livestock perished Such violence, never ever imagined Helter-skelter, people fled for life. Lands inundated and folks marooned, Homes washed away with all belongings Power failed and life has come to a halt Rescue operations go on in full swing Still many, stranded and crying for help “Water, water everywhere, nor even a drop to drink” As Nature thus plays her perfidious trick, We shall stay united and pool all our might, To regain for our land what we have lost When the Deluge chants the dirge of dying souls!
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Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 9:27 AM UTC
Nature's Wrath
Torrential downpour- Dry, morose, barren buildings; solitary tree.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM UTC
Serene (Haiku)