Rainfall

A poem about when love goes wrong...

Rainfall echoes on dark, lonely streets.
My heart falls in rhythm with each watery beat.
In rivulets of sadness, a river is born, 
Shadows of yesterday lost in the storm

Each puddle; a memory, each trickle; a dream.
A tryst with a lover, an inside out scream.
Perhaps we are destined, intended to be,
Caught in the riptide, that's lost to the sea.

Full of intentions and random remorse,
The storm in my heart beats a dangerous course.
Battered and broken, tossed up on the shore,
Like flotsam and jetsam, I lay on Earth's floor.

Mingling with tears, the rain cold on my face,
The darkness within tightens up its embrace.
Each moment of memory, each minute of time,
Each scar that's reopened, plays back in my mind.

If I hadn't met you on that fateful day,
If you hadn't told me to come in and stay,
'If onlys' are all that I have to explain,
But it's never enough, as I stand in the rain.

Reviews

[Ghost]

What a comparison of feelings and rain.. I like the line "Caught in the riptide, that's lost to the sea".. I don't know why I like it but something about it grabs me... This was a sad write, but thank you for sharing..

[Julian Lorenzana]

Riss, I really enjoyed reading your poem. I imagined myself out in the open feeling the raindrops falling on my face and completely soaking my body.

[Riss Ryker]

Thank you kindly, Julian! That's exactly what a poem should do, take you on a journey with the writer..