Rain Waits For Me

it rained
and I stayed
not to pause in remembrance
but to wash away
what grief couldn’t

it didn’t matter
that my heart was breaking
what else could it do?


you lie beneath ten feet of dirt
after the slow battle
cancer claimed
and I disappear a little more
each day

healing is a dream
it lives in the stars
or in a glass jar on the mantle

healing
that’s for time to deal with
if I can’t hold your hand one last time
or tell you everything I forgot to say
then time is pointless

right now
rain drowns my sorrow
it stings my skin
and gets in my eyes
no need for tears

but tomorrow
shall start the pain
all over again
and this rain
will be waiting for me
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