Soul Rain

roaring rain

beating down on the heliconias..


i looked up at the gray skies

and saw

a little skinny boy

slumped in the corner

of his darkened room

shedding tears 

as copious as the rain

falling outside his window

feeling alone, cold

and unloved


i closed my eyes

bowed my head

sensing the cessation of the rain

and yet

my soul is still damp

from unshed tears