Like a Curtain
The rain is coming down
like a curtain
and I’m certain that I’ll never feel this way
again.
And you never fall apart
where we can see.
The train is coming down
with its flywheel
and I’m stealing glances across the tracks
while sparks collide.
And you never run out of steam
that we can tell.
It’s just as well
that you dance with all the vigor
of someone who must be bigger
than the way they made you feel.
It’s from the dreams
that you cut control and fear in those bigger folks
who were steering you the way
they wanted you to be.
The change is coming round
after the storms
and the sky’s blue painted clouds
are all we see.
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Nice ! This feels like a sonnet in a way. And see and see, internal.
Just a really good write.
Hopeful.
I appreciate your movement from rain to sky and
“It’s just as well
that you dance with all the vigor
of someone who must be bigger
than the way they made you feel.”
This is really elegant, the way it’s structured. The way the rhythms and the rhymes swap in and out.
Great movement with rain/train
love: The train is coming down
with its flywheel
love: fifth stanza
Great flow and sound and story! Simply wonderful.