A Rainy Day In November

It’s a rainy day in November
The sun I can’t remember
It’s dark when I rise
    And to no surprise
        It’s dark when the work day ends.

It was a rainy day in November
The year I can’t remember
She packed her stuff
    And left in a huff
        As our marriage came to an end.

All my days are rainy Novembers
No more fire in the embers
Twelve months a year
    My sky never clears
        Happiness, I can only pretend.

It’s a rainy day in November
I wrote a letter that I’ll never send her
I did her wrong
    Now I sing this song
        With a refrain that never ends.

It’s a rainy day in November…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Guzzi Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Go Joe go 2 verse moving forward and both about the rain! Good luck & congrad's Light & Love
Brumley Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Joe and good luck!
Brown Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations on your poetry x2 making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Joe. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol
Beck Avatar
October 23, 2010 at 6:49 PM
I like your verse very much....real emotion accurately expressed....well done
Roberts Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 9:22 PM
nice poetry Joe, much enjoyed
K. Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 7:05 PM
here's an umbrella, Joe-- what a sad, sad write-- but I know this gotta be fictional! I enjoyed this nonetheless... that refrain worked really well for your poem-- and hmm fickle me is saying that I am nikko-koo-koo- today, haha (seriously though, thanks for your very kind & inspiring comments! ^_^)-- hope December would be sunny though....
A   Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM
A November you seem to not escape, deep write Joe, enjoyed,..P.D.
Sweetheart Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM
Well am sure u have some good memories as well Joe .. an expressive reflection of breakup and lost luv but .. new horizons come forth from this experience luv... I have the same situation...
Effendi Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM
A whole life story covered in such a beautiful poem. i really enjoyed your poem Joe. Very well-written
Richards Avatar
October 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM
This could be a song....one that I would listen to on a car radio...I can almost visualize driving down a dark highway listening to these words, and feel the emotion sting my eyes. Should be put to music, soft, sweet and sad. :)
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