Tears Like Rain

Original, December 2005

Tears Like Rain

The rain falls like flakes in a blizzard.

Tears roll down her cheeks.

The rain comes and no one knows why she hurts so.

So introverted, she keeps her thoughts inside.

She feels like she’s the only one.

The pain she feels will never leave,

The torment, the battle, it will always be…

Or so she believes.

If only she knew how much I care,

If only she knew the love I have for her.

Hot tears run over the dried paths of the tears before,

Renewing her soft, wet cheeks.

The tears dry and become crusted, clinging to her beautiful face.

Then the new ones come, hotter and bitterer than the last.

It hurts me so, to see her suffer, I reach out my hand.

She knows I’m always there, though not always seen.

She wants so desperately to come, but bitterness holds her back.

Why she doesn’t come, I don’t know. I know she loves me.

She knows I’m here, she knows what I’ve done for her.

Days go by, waiting for something to happen.

Finally she lets go.

With her tear-stained face and her glossy, red eyes, she looks at me.

She gets up off her knees and stands.

Pathetic and miserable, she looks down again and walks towards me.

As she leans into my chest, my arms wrap around her.

Fresh, hot tears roll down her already drenched face.

She says, “God, help me.”

I pull her chin up, her eyes fix on mine.

“I’ve got you baby. There’s no need to worry.”

She finally relaxes and wraps her arms around me.

The rain pours down around us with no end in sight.

Though everything is still there, all the problems, perils and such,

She knows she’s safe in my arms.

She lets her guard down and lets me inside.