Harsh Rain Poem by James Casey

Harsh Rain

Misty morning's on me, I pause and turn around.
The valley lays before me standing here aground
You're just a call away but I must be strong today.
Rapped so tight around me- less the ultraviolet rays.

Warming like the sun, the heat of your embrace.
Has kept the chilling wind, at bay without a trace
A cool, wet summer it was unseen by me, so blind in love
I never, ever contemplated a storm from my gentle dove

Clouds pass unseen. then the thunder rumbles on.
Lightning strikes around me, like your silence, searing and strong.
Breeze blows in harshly can we survive this storm?
Rain pelts wildly upon us Is it up to me to perform?

Where once we reveled in rain, tangled in passion and prose,
Around us the storm grew wild, within us the tempest rose.
It's from these thoughts I run, I bid relief, like rain, to come.
But there is no relief in sight, and you are just so solemn

You blew in from the south a hard, hot wind.
Filled me with your warmth then drifted away again.
I stand here, in the cool morning rain washing your memory away.
You have left me here alone to face the future without you today

Jim 1961