Do you ever feel like maybe you need to slow down? To stop and feel the sunlight and remember the way it feels to be a person? Take a look outside and remember the way the rain feels. Go outside and feel yourself in the puddles and leaves. Remember.
Rainy Day
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the rain.
Not so much looked at it,
but a long time since I really saw the way it hits the grass
and the way it always wets my shoes last.
I haven’t sat in the rain,
watching as it falls
and thinking of all the other times.
So many other times.
I haven’t walked in time with waves of water
crashing up against the buildings
and the concrete.
I haven’t been protected by a tree,
o’ great men that stand upon the earth,
feeling warmth amidst the mist around me.
I’ll sit here staring out the window
with nothing to do
and finding that when morning comes,
I find myself
in every drop of dew.
Poems by Sam 