Our Signature of Rain
OUR SIGNATURE OF RAIN
(for you Arlene, my True Love—
Valentine’s Day 2017)
Our signature is of the rain
it rained on our wedding day
relentless it rolled off new love
and on through all our events
the heavens opened and poured
on us soaked again at a Foxboro
Patriots’ game and Eagles Concert
were fogged in moving arm in arm
on fun Bar Harbor streets and shops
we shelved time a few days free
as antique memories’ treasures
just us, more precious with age
as newlyweds we went out then
stepped into an unwritten history
abandoned all smooth perfects
and fought for rough agreements
like how a constant sun oppresses
how a rainy day cozies us inward
we sought each other’s soft spots
preferred home cooking and wine
by the preferred sea of possibility
in time we recognized the need
for this ingredient of rain to grow
we learned to see each other’s lacks
to fill in cracks that made us strong
each strength firmed each weakness
so merged differences to live as we
now age is sweeping swift time away
with us too Dear goes an age where
much was claimed yet nothing owned
what I’ll remember most of our lives
is love and work and music in the rain
Charles Eastland
Copyright © Charles Eastland | Year Posted 2019
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