Rain
Rain 1988 jp Have you ever noticed Tears whelm in your eyes, Flow down your face When you remembered how you loved someone Who just walked past your place, You didn't step outside To stop them and say hello; You said because the rain came down, Because they would too soon be gone While you put your wretched shoes on, Or you argued it wasn't worth it - They are just a memory To come alive one brief, rainy moment In the drizzle inside your head - Or maybe you told yourself That you had better things to do, That cleaning the house or reading, Studying, or anything Was logically more important to you, That that person walking by With a smile in the rain Whom you hadn't seen For you don't know how many years Wasn't really of any consequence, That the hot wetness on your cheeks Was not really tears; And the rain pounded down a little harder Running in rivulets down the window pane, Smear...