Memories in the Rain

Rain always drowns us with thousand memories

I stare outside the window

and watch the outpouring of the heaven's tears

bathing the thirsty earth with its delicate drops.

The rain is trying to tell me something

so I attune my ears to the steady rhythm

and listen intently to the song between the pits and pats.

I close my eyes

and will the volume of the music

to drown out the noise of my consciousness.

And in the black nothingness

in a world behind closed lids

I see the vivid images of flooding nostalgia.

I find myself drifting back to the memory lane

of scented roses and of the smell of the raindrops

-- A faded past of a faraway long ago.

I see a pig-tailed six-year-old

eyes brimming with incomparable innocence,

laughing as she clings to the hand of her father.

Her happiness is under the shade of a tree

where she and her daddy are waiting for the rain to stop

(She never tells him she wishes the opposite to happen.)

Years pass and she's quite a woman

And men flock for her attention, not knowing that she's in love

with that boy who shared his umbrella one summer rain.

Now time has made her a definite beauty

But only the rain sees her still playing and dancing in craze,

Also the sole witness to her very first kiss.

Months pass and rain is no longer a joy

Scarred by teenage love and lies, she bleeds

and bitter tears find consolation in the company of raindrops.

Feeling the drips all over her skin

Drowning herself in the flood of pain

Laughing, loving, losing

Dying

She remembers everything.

She wants to hold every drop of the heaven's tears

For every drop is a precious memory

Memories made, memories capsuled

Bridging the gap between

the dreaming and the now...

My eyelids flutter open

And rainbow colors pierce the black-and-white.

The rain has finally stopped singing

And earthly noise fills my ears..

I'm back to reality, I breathe.

Yet, in the recesses of my brain,

I always hear her cries

Silenced by the weeping of the rain.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[nibhz]

its so touching! creates the perfect scene by scene while reading it! awesome!

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you for your beautiful review! Keep calm and write on, indeed. :)

[nibhz]

hehe! yup! :)

[I Am Svetlana]

It's wonderful how the sound of rain can help take us away from reality for a moment. The sound of each drop hitting the ground, many at once, others very soon after. It's such a comforting, soothing rhythm of sound...it helps a person think, concentrate. Live in the moment, live out of the moment. Rain helps a person do both.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I agree, Svetlana. Thanks for dropping by here. :)

[Mohammed J A Shah]

Great poem, you gave an intriguing style of writing! Gives everyone something to think about.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks a lot, Mohammed. I'm honored that you find this piece intriguing. :)

[Kidou Yuuto]

love this poem.. i remember something.. thanks for that.. godbless

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you, Kidou! :x

[Glen Yumang Manese]

The transition in the lines of this work...the effectiveness glides down the page like rain falling as I read this verse...has a certain feel to the whole write...

Thanks for the invite...I'm back to work with copy writer and doing my best to write 1000 words a day...and a subject you do not get to choose...will be busy the next few months...so I will read all RR"s might just take a bit longer to get a review...hope you understand...plus promote my book: The Onyx - Vena Amoris...for late next month release…

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you so much, Glen! Best wishes on your writing career. I now you'll do well. :x

[Glen Yumang Manese]

you're welcome...and thank you also...

[Tom C]

The rain brings good memories and bad. Happiness and sad. Your writing is very nice, the pictures it creates in my mind are like spice. Keep writing and let the rain wash away all the sadness. I like it. Thank you so much.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you so much, Tom! I appreciate this very much! :x

[ASPAR (A Sol Poet Arnay..]

Quite an emotional read here although this is well written.. In fact this could of been two poems I pondered... Great work & excellent visual delivery.. thank you so much for sharing..:)

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you do much! Glad you liked it! :x

[ASPAR (A Sol Poet Arnay Rumens)]

My pleasure thank for the reply :)

[Mittens]

You definitely have a talent for eliciting emotions in your readers. The peaks and valleys of this piece are quite monumental. During the first half it's a lighthearted and fun read with all the happy memories associated with the rain. And then we get to the end and we feel the 'grey' or 'blue' sombre aura of the rain and the new stimuli associated with it.

Another very good work, Blue. Keep it up!

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I haven't thought of this piece that way. Thank you for your encouragements, Matt. You always stun me with your reviews! :)

[TamiViolet]

I was filled with so many emotions while reading this piece. It is a very beautiful journey of life right from the innocence of childhood to the angst of puberty to the reality and acceptance accompanied by adulthood.... And throughout, Oh could I feel the rain....intense, soft, honest and purely gorgeous...

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you so much, Tami. You got the meaning of this poem spot on. ;)

[Sasha]

"And in the black nothingness
in a world behind closed lids
I see the vivid images of flooding nostalgia"

Beautiful !

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you, Sasha! Anyway, I love your avatar. :x