Rhymes & Rain
Tears pour from the heavens
Clouds pant and heave
Doused in water, no one was an exception
Scrawl on paper melted away, suddenly bereaved
Heavy air and winds humid
Eye contact with passerbys, was always putrid
A little drizzle has got everyone acting stupid
Under a petrichor spell, no longer lucid
Unaware of what's in store for this reign
Downpour consumes this day with rain
Rhymes and their internal pain
Extinguished, once a thermal flame
Lighting a match, itching at, biting at a scratch
In the middle of a torrential storm, seeking for heat in any potential form
Attempting to reform from quick scorn and those thick stabbing horns
Of this wild animal, this vengeful cannibal, eating me whole, it's become unmanageable
Cusping my hands around the lighter as it flickers, growing sicker, brave words come out as
murmurs and bickering, those with umbrellas can't stop snickering
It'll never stay lit in the rain, an obvious, evident claim, one that common sense would sustain
But I couldn't stop trying
If the flare would stop dying
Maybe, to myself I was lying
Maybe
You could still have that fire inside, while crying
Aves Condor is a Puerto-Rican college student from South Jersey, where he grew up. Deriving inspiration from his own life, emerging with a passion for creative writing and poetry/prose.
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