I love the rain because it gives me
permission to stay indoors.   

You’d think, after the pandemic,
I’d want to be anywhere but here, inside.   

But I find the world outside
expects too much from me,
demands too much of me.   

Outside I feel like I must try really hard
to give the world what it wants.   

The world is very demanding.  

It’s exhausting.

Rain lets me rest.