A Rainy Morning In A Tropical Country Poem by Leo C. Jones

A Rainy Morning In A Tropical Country

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I wake up to a rainy morning.

The pits and pats
Pitter and patter on my windows
The droplets like lullabies
And the breeze like gentle caresses.
Make me fumble for my blanket
Before I went off to sleep.

I wake up again.
The pits and pats
Persist.
I stand and turn on the stove
So I can make some coffee.

I sit back on my bed
And stare out the window.
The droplets obscuring my smile
One might see on the glass’s other side.
I needed it.
I needed the rain and its cold.
So I can use my blanket and drink hot coffee.
So I can need warmth again.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I've always hated my country's climate, having only two seasons; the fact that I happen to love snow so much even though I have not experienced it makes it worse.
But I thought about it, and it occurred to me that people from temperate countries seek refuge from the cold.
I think about the rainy season, and the comfy weather it brings.
It reminds me that you need the other before you need the other.
Not just heat and cold, but every opposites. Light and dark, etc. you get the point. They coexist. Without the other one is just, mehh.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mark Money 26 September 2013

that is the kind of poem i like to read. it flows and it speaks to me.

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