A Teardrop In the Rain

Catch it, a teardrop in the rain, Forever may it wash the pain away, Safe places, free of fear, Somewhere to wipe the tear away. I wish for a place like that, Somewhere warm, With people, Someone strong. I wish that I could hold the world, Lay it out on my curled fingertips. And look down in awe, While all I have known before faintly slips. Sliding away, A landslide in some emotive plane, Faintly quivering, Fragile and humble in the face of pain. And I ask what I need to do, To be true to me, To find my place in this life, A place where I can just be, Somewhere far away. Somewhere safe, With peace. Somewhere to live free, And feel the world washing through, Like a teardrop in a rainstorm, A tiny ripple, A part of me. All my own, Of my own strength, And far, far away.