A Sonnet for Rain

Dearest rain

You brought my lovers

You endured my screams

Screams of pain

Screams of pleasure

Whispers of memories.

Entwined in the 

Cold wetness of your touch

Is the warmth and relief

Of possibility

And feeling.

I will never stop

Loving you.

You don’t know me

But you made me

Who I am today.

You blotched the

pages of my diaries-

Scribbles I cared for

Words I didn’t.

I feel your warmth on 

My skin

As you slide off

My face

Pointed to the sky

The wetness of

The earth

Seeps through my bare feet.

My arms move back and forth

As my fingers

Run through my hair

That sticks to my skin.

Then Thunder rolls

And my body shudders.

My oldest friend

My oldest lover

You will live

Even when I’m gone.

You won’t remember me

But

As my ashes

Will mix with the earth

Life will thrive

Through you still.