Poem inspired by a song - November Rain

This is a poem inspired by a song. Guns N' Roses' November Rain.

It is one of those songs that when you listen to it twenty years down the road, it will still be as fresh as ever. I don't know, that's how I like it. Listen to the piano intro, maybe the reason's there. This is one of the songs in my hi-fi if I need to be alone for a while.

It's the tail end of October and the rain is coming down hard these two days. Which is a good thing, as it will clear the air of that choking haze.


image by dsnake1, from a scan of a CD cover

after a rain


sometimes

i find joy
in solitude
which is
not to say
i crave
loneliness
but

i hear
the quiet
of leaves
     falling
like tears

feel the ebb
of sea waves
caressing
     shifting sands
unwilling yet
to yield

and i
shelter
in the dark
like bats
     seeking
moonlight

waiting

the acrid
ash
of anger
to
sink to
an abyss

then
like a rush
of fresh wind
after
     a rain
face the world

again.


03/10/06
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