Rainy days

Piercing Rain

Rain belted down on me

So hard and furious

I was scared.

would the infamous welts rise?

But my skin was tough

It has endured so much in its young life

Goosebumps lined my arms, looking like tiny brackets of mud

Splattered this way and that

My eyes shift up.

the sky was full

and blinding light exposed me

I let myself feel seen

Be seen

But the storm was unforgiving.

never ending

Normal life seemed like a blinker, flashing further and further away

ceasing to exist

a speck on the horizon.

It made me wonder

About the purity of this world

And how could I love so much

Yet feel so little

It’s like my skin has become numb to touch

But my heart yearns for another day