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the weight of rain

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July 2, 2003
the weight of rain by yourotherleft

This is simply an addition to an already beautiful collection of poetry, but with a phrase such as "and i want to take this
flood and throw it all over us;", this poem moves into a beautifully romantic league all on its own.

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i watch you from across the
street as you wait for an opening or a
glowing green signal that
it\'s safe to move again.
you stare at the puddles
covering your feet, and i want to take this
flood and throw it all over us;
we\'ll watch this season
drip away as we hang ourselves out to
dry beneath swollen storm clouds.

but i just stand
silently, drenched in the
knowledge of every droplet and its
perfect symmetry.
have you got this terrifying notion that this is not a shared experience? just synchronized, solitary moments bound by belief in this alone? is there anything left to smoke? i feel like i'm drowning. you talk to me in code. staring at a wooden footbridge, you say, "it's a marvel of construction. two weaknesses combine to become a strength." - the paperbacks.

(i wish i knew how much longer the rain could last.)
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cartoonstigmata

17 years later I still remember this as one of my favorite poems on DA. What happened to you? Do you still write?