Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

KISS THE RAIN

By: Valerie Winkle

AS I STAND HERE ARMS EXTENDED
HEAD HELD BACK, EYES LIGHTLY CLOSED
THE RAIN SHOWERING MY BODY
IN IT'S REFRESHING PRESENCE

THE THOUGHT OF YOU COMES TO MIND
OF HOW I MISS BATHING
IN THE COOL WATERFALLS
OF YOUR SWEET, SCENTED BODY

MY LIPS NOW TASTING THE PURITY
OF PRECIOUS RAINDROPS
THAT GOD SO GRACIOUSLY
IS SHARING WITH ME

I FEEL AT PEACE
SERENITY IS MINE FOR THE MOMENT
MY SOUL NOW CLEANSED
AS I KISS THE RAIN AND THINK OF YOU

WITH THESE COMFORTING THOUGHTS IN MIND
A REMEMBERANCE OF TEARS
SOME HAPPY
SOME SAD

REGRETFULLY THE RAIN HAS STOPPED
BUT YOU ARE STILL HERE WITH ME
AND ALWAYS WILL BE FOREVER ALIVE
IN MY HEART

NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT WITH ME, OR I WITH YOU
IN THIS LONELY PHYSICAL SENSE
IF YOU SHOULD FEEL LONELY OR BLUE
GO OUTSIDE KISS THE RAIN
THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND ME