someone else’s tears
i feel myself panic so i run outside
bathe in the thunder and lick the rain
tie half my hair up so it soaks all the way
collect yellow leaves from my front yard
and dance manically in the rough driveway
the rain feels like kisses
when cars pass by i giggle like a child
run to the porch and hide like a coon
i like feeling crazy
my bare feet on the concrete don’t get dirty
gliding on a layer of heaven’s glaze
my white shirt saturates and turns translucent
the feeling goes away for those forty minutes