*this poem flows much better if you click the audio

 

If it rained tonight, I wouldn't know

Because my eyes are closed

And I can't feel anything

 

I've already hurt too much to

Feel any more pain or the rain

As it falls, it's nothing at all

Not even a small sense of wetness

I've witnessed and I get this

Is one of those times where

 

If it rained tonight, I wouldn't know

Because my eyes are closed

And I can't feel anything

 

So let it rain and come down pouring

I'll look like I'm ignoring

But that's not the story

Because I can't feel

And my eyes are sealed

If this field floods,

I'll either float or sink

And I don't think

I'll notice or care because

 

If it rained tonight, I wouldn't know

Because my eyes are closed

And I can't feel anything

 

The only thing I can remember having felt

Is gone and never coming back

Now what I lack

Is the will to attack

The fight to go on

So let the rain come on 'til dawn

And I might never know about it

And I could go on without it

Ever crossing my mind

If that's still how you'd define

The rind you'd find

Looking behind these lines

But on the surface I'm fine even though

 

This is amazing. So much emotion and description--as well as having a personal impact on myself. Thanks for sharing.

 

Shawn

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