Therapy

Thunder and lightening off in the distance.
 So I walk outside and smell the fragrant air.
A slight drizzle gently taps my skin lovingly.
 It's not so heavy, so it's not too much to bear.

The rain comes down harder and soaks my skin.
 I can clear my head when I walk in the rain.
Nature is better than therapy any day for me.
 I find peace in what most would consider disdain. 

Never alone, I walk with my best friend.
 We find that silver lining in the cloud.
Even when we are soaked from head to toe, 
 and the thunder bellows out loud.

No umbrella, and yet we smile and laugh.
 We find solace in what others seem to dread.
Walking in a rainstorm, for us, brings comfort.
 It's not for exercise, it's to clear our heads.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 3/6/2009 8:23:00 PM
Lovely rhyming and cadence... a sweet sentiment that strikes a chord with us all! Well done Aleera! Best wishes, Keith
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Date: 3/5/2009 5:02:00 PM
Wow Aleera, what a fun picture you have painted here for your readers to grasp through their minds eye. I wished it was you and I playing out in the rain and getting soaked to the core. I remember as a child playing in the rain and riding car bumpers on the flooded streets. Thanks for propmpting such wonderful memories and the thoughts of playing in the rain. Another amazing poem by such a great writer... MPK
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Date: 3/5/2009 7:00:00 AM
(nostalgia****) I think, spelling bad this morning.
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Date: 3/5/2009 6:58:00 AM
maother*mother
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Date: 3/5/2009 6:57:00 AM
Wow, I can relate to this! as a teen (about 16, I used to slip on my blue jean jacket and sneak out the door, every downpour I could catch... soaked to the bone my maother ranting about how I was going to catch pnemonia.... Thanks for the nostagia, greatly appreciate this write that is so excellently written... PS commented back to you on my work "trembling"
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Date: 3/5/2009 5:31:00 AM
Nothing like a walk in a rainstorm with a good friend. Best therapy ever. Beautiful write! Love, Shar
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