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If I Was the Rain

If I was the rain I'd be wary of ...friends like me; one of those "fair weather" friends who curse my unexpected arrival on inopportune days -but then cajoled and praised when needed. If I was the rain would it be wrong for me to feel used when I am welcomed in the one and shunned in the next? At sad times I'm told I contribute to the pain, but then, a work of wonder, as I meander on the window or a tympani of pitter-patter tapping on the roof. I would just want to be me - and alone if I was the rain...

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Ink Empress

Date: 9/20/2023 9:03:00 PM

I really love this title craig, “ if i was the rain” will be an excellent prompt, so inspiring and this poem resonates with me so strongly. Your free verse is so deep and touching, i wish oneday i can write so concisely and in a soulful manner like this. So happy i can read poets like you in this century. You make soup a wonderful place to learn.

Ink Empress
Date: 9/21/2023 9:38:00 AM

Thats such a deep way of putting it , i wrote a poem once with something like that “ we forget to appreciate the sun when it rains “ maybe should upload. I wish for better days. This world is full of hatred, as poets, i wish we would be kind and empathetic. Sigh. Wishful thinking: i needed to hear that cause that left me a bit disheartened. Thank you craig! I appreciate your words.

Craig Cornish
Date: 9/21/2023 4:40:00 AM

Thanks so much! BTW - don't let rainy days on "The Soup" get to ya - we need them to remind us not to take the sun for granted, and both are needed for us all to grow.