rain breaks
clouds too dark to see on dark
and fills the roads with silence
pain draws thighs to abdomen
fights seek their end in silence
rain breaks
against the sunlight,
taps windows if there's wind
clouds too dark to see on dark
obey like kites
battered by rain that drowns red maple leaves
and fills the roads with silence
Written in response to Big Tent Poetry’s Monday Prompt for 15 November 2010.
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