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Rain Within

Hearts naive In clouds Of her masquerading sun That’s when A pocketful of innocence Spills into the rain, so numb And the warmth Of Love fantasy Mingles with reality and its coming flood Caught ever suddenly Unsheltered In the down pour of rejected love Lost like... Oil swirled rainbows Drained through life’s gutters of emotional mud And I wait, and wait For the cold stinging pain That never too soon will dry and just be done

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/15/2018 4:17:00 PM

This is wonderful Michael! I adore the rain as you do. My comment is years late, so forgive me for that. This site is so large I just can't possibly keep up. Blessings and Aloha, Connie : )

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 3/27/2012 11:25:00 PM

Whoa. This is GREAT. Love the fifth stanza the best, but the whole of it was brilliant. Always, Laura

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 2/9/2012 12:20:00 PM

I read this and then read it again, the third time I found I liked this a lot I love the line of oil swirled rainbows xx Thanks for you kind comments xx

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 3/27/2012 11:25:00 PM

I like the "oil swirled rainbows" part too! :)

Wilma Neels

Date: 1/16/2012 12:22:00 PM

love that "Oil swirled rainbows" line Micheal.. I love everything about this piece, sad to admit that it has a resonating feel to it as well ;) Wilma

Red Fiery

Date: 1/11/2012 9:00:00 AM

In the down pour of rejected love so hearfelt, Michael aka nighttiger if i am nt wrong, how can i ever forget ur poetry, i remember the short story wrote '' the mirror''..ur such an extraordinary writer...