Hujan Malam Kemarin

As sharp as shards of glass the rain fell down onto my skin
I felt the tiny droplets flying fast and flying thin.
Like needles for an acupuncture piercing through my face
I realized my journey home had just become a race.

Like waterfalls the downpour flowed down through the flooded street
I left my love and my beloved to somewhere sheltered safe.
Like birds in cages I was stuck, the rain still incomplete
Oh look, by God! The wind so strong the water formed a wave!

Now guaranteed my love stays dry, my guitar with her, too,
I contemplated waiting out the rain to finish soon.
But waiting at this rate will lead me home at half past two
Like David and Goliath were me and this big typhoon.

But lo behold like soldiers marching to the front line nude
My silly bum forgot the raincoat, clothes already soaked.
As I attempt’d my home run, like a fiend the rain was brute
Like a massive massacre and not an inch of fabric spared.

I finally reached the gates of home and I was drained from rain
Took one warm bath preventing myself from tomorrow pain.
I tried to write a poem being tired and all beat
Alas, like a rock I fell asleep and left it incompl



1/3/2019

-@rhinestone_ted-

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