diff --git a/content/blog/2022-09-18_rain-down/index.md b/content/blog/2022-09-18_rain-down/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ddcc916 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022-09-18_rain-down/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ ++++ +title = "Rain Down" +description = "Poem in Two Parts" + +[taxonomies] +categories = ["blog"] +tags = ["art", "poems"] + +[extra] +zenn_applause = true ++++ + +## By Satya Benson + +Rain down +I’m shivering to the bone +Drenched, and standing alone +Rain down on me +Let it rain +My warmth will flow out from my blood +My consciousness will fade from my brain +The water and cold air will turn my flesh blue +And my shaking will stop +You will rain down on me +And the cold will burn me like a flame +The fires will rage and my skin will turn red and black +My breath will be shallow and filled with smoke and rainwater +My fingernails will crack +But I will feel no pain +Rain down +I’m shivering + +-- + +Rain down +My heart is pounding in my ears +I’m drenched and standing alone +Rain down on me +Let it rain +I will open my mouth and taste the salty drops +My coursing blood will turn the water to steam +My consciousness will become invisible as I feel +Every pounding drop which lands on me and every pain and every tightening +And my shaking will stop +You will rain down on me +And your warmth will melt me like wax in a flame +The fires will rage and my skin will turn raw and red +My breath will be soft and fading away +My fingernails will bite my palms +And I will feel pain +Rain down +My heart is pounding \ No newline at end of file