POEM #34

ON A RAINY DAY
SUCH AS THIS
I OFTEN FIND MYSELF
WANTING
TO SNAPSHOT YOUR EXISTENCE
AND UNVEIL
A FOREVER KNOWN TREASURE
IN MY HEART
I SIT HERE
WITH MY UMBRELLA
AGAINST THE LIGHTPOST
SO THAT I MAY
FEEL THE SONG
OF THE RAIN
TRICKLING DOWN
FORMING AN ARCH
OF MELODIES
AND HARMONIZE
A KEEPSAKE MEMOIR
FROM LONG AGO
WRITING THE FUTURE
FROM FORMER AFFAIRS
AND SOON
MY EYES
THEY DO BEGIN TO CRY OUT
A SONG
A LOVE SONG
SO SOFT
AND DEAR AS
IF BIRTHED BY THE CLOUDS
AND AN INVITATION
IS BESTOWED UNTO ME
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS
GAZING
AS THE STARS
FIND WRATH
IN THE BENEVOLENCE
OF EVERY DROP
THE ESSENCE OF THEIR
LIQUID SPLENDOR
AND ALL THEY DO POSSESS
THAT FALL
IN HOPES OF
ONE DAY
GRACEFULLY LANDING
ON GRAVITY'S FOOTSTOOL
AND RELEASING THEIR THANKS
FOR A TIME WELL SPENT
BEFORE THEY RETURN
TO ADD HOPE
TO A DRY EXISTENCE
IT IS HERE
HERE
NOW
IN THIS MOMENT
THAT I ALLOW MYSELF
TO RELEASE ALL INHIBITIONS
THROUGH MY PEN
AND ORCHESTRATE
THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE
FROM ALL I SEE ABOUT ME
WITH MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE
AS I WITNESS
THE PASSERSBYS
AND NOTICE HOW THEIR MOODS
COINCIDE
WITH EVERY CHANGE IN MOVEMENT
FROM MY PEN
EVEN THEIR STRIDES
MAKE DIFFERENT BEATS
BUT ARE YET IN STILL
ON ONE ACCORD
IN ALL THIS WONDER
I LOOK FOR YOU STILL
INTRIGUING MYSELF
WITH THOUGHTS THAT
MAYBE YOU WILL APPEAR
AND MAKE YOURSELF
KNOWN TO ME
IN THE RELEASE
OF A STANDING OVATION
SO ON THIS BENCH OF DELIGHT
I SIT IN ANTICIPATION
AND CONTINUE TO PLAY
UNTIL YOUR ARRIVAL
YET IN THE MEANTIME
THE SHOW MUST GO ON...