Todays Rain

For a second the rain falls hard especially when you're mystified by thoughts of life and when you're still healing from lost love's. Sometimes you've got nothing to say about it all-- your mouth is dry, your brain is washed away with yesterdays rain. Some days mean nothing at all-- other days are broken bridges that collapse as you're cautiously walking over and into today.

Girl, do what you can with your heart even though you know it is the most cruel organ there is. When it comes to matters of the heart--there's no logic. There is often no way to be rational. You know where irrational thoughts bring you because ever since you can remember those thoughts have defeated you. Girl, lift your head, uncover your eyes and unseal that mouth. Do not listen to the voices of those that don't matter. The only whispers that matter is your own and some day you'll have to face those whispers fading. Isn't it obvious that human beings are slaves to finding a purpose? I've been writing on these crooket-lined papers for years now trying to figure mine out but the only thing I am learning is the power of letting go and how to sincerely love life. If you're anything like myself, you have searched too long while life went on without you. All I can say on behalf of people like us is--Do not try too hard to find your own smile. You should be smiling simply because you are alive.

-HB