again

rainy day "stuff"

without pain

            sans passion

i see the world as it is today

through a rain streaked window

                        like a hoyden

i rant at the greedy squatter in my brain

inequities will not be tolerated!

                      like a wide-eyed schoolgirl

                              i gather beauty in my arms

a benign smile creeps to my lips

a calm moment

releasing me from bitterness

a moment i will remember tomorrow

with a curious mingling

of pleasure and pain

when the world

has its way with me

again

 

Reviews

[Joyce S. Greene]

The beauty of nature is surely a great comforter to all of us, Lydi. When people have done us wrong, we often turn to its loving arms to regain our peace of mind. This poem is truly beautiful. Framed by lovely graphics, your words shine like the morning sun rising over the horizon.

[Lydia Shutter]

What a wonderful simile in your review! Thank you so much, Joyce. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

did you mean "a benign smile creeps..."?

i like this look at a rainy day through the streaked window...sometimes days in life are like this without literal rain...but figuratively we look at our own life through this window, and it is pain streaked...

just like with mother nature, it is hard to fight that feeling..it just comes and goes like a storm...

but sunny days come again.

[Lydia Shutter]

Yup, I surely did, Jacob....added an extra S with fingers anxious to finish typing the poem! Thanks for telling me. I appreciate your review. Lydi**

[Sheila Kline]

Yep, there are those days when we have to just let Mother Nature have her way and not fight the setting, but rather just melt into it and listen to those rainy day blues! I actually like these kind of days, but then I am not normal..........lol
Very creative Lydi!

[Lydia Shutter]

Rainy days are okay.....but the last couple in South Florida have been a little over the top....12 inches of rain in two days! Thanks for the review, Sheila. Have a good evening. lydi**

[Sheila Kline]

Oh that is toooo much! I remember Tropical Storm Debbie which dumped 15" of rain on the area where we were in Fl....no fun! It's the first time I saw a swimming pool overflow. It's a good thing you are out of the path of "soon to be" Hurricane Karen!

[Lydia Shutter]

Yes, I am grateful. The last bad one we had was Wilma in 2005.