Step Out of the Rain

Rain falls like time.
Cold, stinging,
Biting into bone
Planting its flag.

Time can heal
And yet,
Time can also ruin
What’s been built.

Rain gives growth
And yet,
Rain can also wash
Away something
Once so full of life.

Memories like lightning
Strike trees of emotion
Fears like thunder
Echo through imagination.

What kind of terror is this?
What kind of power?
How do two stand
The test of one time?

We take nothing for granted.
We lay down our pride.
One stretches a little further this time
The other stretches more that time.

We step out of the rain
And dry ourselves off.
Smash the clocks to make
Sparks of renewal.

Don’t let the rain
Wash out a good thing.