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Dismissing Contentment (Free verse) by Something_Else
Clouds hang low like mellow poetry,
Like a song written with
Intimidating delicacy-
Precision for my soul.
The trees enjoy the rain today,
Swaying this way and that way
And backward and forward,
And herein and therein
And back again
Beneath the shadow-
And the shower-
Of words and melodies
That wash away the dust
And gray
Upon a heavy heart.
Who am I, today?
As this rain softly intimidates
My sleeping misery,
My keeping memory
Of wrongs and rights
And sleepless nights
That ascend the tune
These drops produce
Outside my window pane.
Oh, rain, rain, go away,
Come wash me clean some other day
When I can't find some vain excuse
To enjoy unhappiness.
But drop by drop
The downpour rounds
My sound unhappiness,
And I relax as eyes rejoice
At such a simple thing.
The distant sounds
As thunder pounds
And heaven meets the earth
Still linger as the lightning strikes
And plays this song again.
Who am I, today?
As evening comes to me,
And raindrops paint so carelessly
Upon the window glass.
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