rain

Droplets suspended
Aqueous curtains veil the hills
Billow in the wind.

Distant rumble stirs
Discomfort waits in the air
The onslaught is close.

Now run to escape
From doorway to locked safety
Limit exposure.

Bullets hit the ground
Bouncing back up on impact
Dust resists entry.

Yesterday’s

Does the rain
ever wash away the pain
never let it come again

The empty void
that will never be retained

The place
that will never be to the same

The time
that will never be replayed

The rain can never
wash away the pain
but let it come again.

A single drop

formed in a cloud

falls

whipped by the wind

bullet speed

smashes through

my mirror-glass defenses