ode to rain

RAIN

SO VAIN

IT POURS

WITHOUT RESTRAINT

RAIN

SYMBOLIZING PAIN

LIKE ASHES OF SUGAR CANE

DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A TRACE

INTO THE VAST NIGHT SPACE

RAIN

COME AGAIN

NEVER TO RETURN

IF ONLY TO REMAIN

NEVER TO REDUCE TO SHAME

AND TEARS FLOW

FOR NO ONE

AN ODE

TO RAIN