Ses Mots, After that Rainy Day
* This poem acts as a follow-up to the original " Ses Mots, On a Rainy Day ." Richie Roberts on Unsplash Years passed Yet she continued To po l ish that evening Until it gleamed Far brighter Than the lif e it had been given. She had made him Larger than the moment T hen larger Than himself. He never possessed The dep t hs she g ave him A permanence He never earned. H i s words, Once carried softly On the sound of the rain Had long fi n ished speaking Only she Kept listening. She had for g otten What the rain had always known That some things arrive With the beauty of their leavin g . first you hear the calling the drops then follow and f o r a while the world is transformed until it passes. the cl o uds scatter nothing asks to be kept. that girl had mistaken wonder f or something that could be held gathered the rain in her hands and wondered why it slipped away. s h e was mesmerised only later to understand not every spark i s a sta...