Tears like Rain

I called for you today, did you hear me?

I reached for you today, did you feel me?

Guidance is what I asked for

consuming comfort is what I need.

Open and gaping, pain that rapes

a heart that so often just bleeds.

On my knees I fall and ask for your hand

I don't know how to rise

I'm not sure I can stand.

I need a laying on of hands

I need your gentle soul;

I need you to come to me now

I long to feel whole.

Words that trip and stumble

over one another so clumsy

Not sure I care how it flows

I just need you to read me.

I called to you today, through my tears

I begged...

The heavens opened up tonight

and rain began to fall...is it you

crying with me, releasing the loss?

The times that were stolen, the moments we didnt get

the fatherly way you would have scolded

and all the ways you would have molded

me into a girl her father loves

one that a man would behold

and shower with respect.

I am an image of you, a being in which you dwell;

I feel like a child, needy and weak

and quietly I listen, waiting for you to speak

to me of life and of love and the powers that be

point me in the right direction,

please find me, because you I seek.

I stepped outside into the night

and felt the rain on my face...

in the darkness i reached

and sadness was replaced

with the soothing of the rain

as it washed over my tear stained cheeks;

Quietly I submit and know that you are there

in my tears and the rain

just everywhere.

 

Reviews

[Sleeping Maiden]

Such wonderful work! I really love this poem. So emotional.. and I love the way you describe the longing..
I can relate to this so well. Deep poem.. I've felt this way just recently actually. Seeking for that guidance is something we all ask at times.. its just hard to wait to get the answer. Beautiful poem though!!

[Kat]

What a beautiful piece. The lines are lovely and you describe the longing and sadness, with fulfilled hopes at the end...loved it. Great job, for sure!

[Becky C Strukamp]

This is absolutely beautiful.

"I called you today through my tears"

You captured a longing and need beautifully., Loved this.