Please Stop The Rain Poem by Cecil (cj) Krieger

My past
Whirls and twirls
Like a violent storm
Filling my life
With confusing memories
And stories I’ve told
So often
Over and over again
Mixing and merging
So that truth and fantasy
Become one

I have told these tales
So often
That even I am confused
By what is real
And what is not

When I look back
Over my frictionless fiction life
There is no clear line
Of separation
I have become the product
Of my self-deceit

Outside
My window of life
The storm rages
While my only wish
Is to shed this cocoon
And tear away the deception
That I have hidden
From my own eyes
And let you in
So I might shed a tear
And smile once again

And as my past
Whirls and twirls
Like a violent storm
That fills my life
My prayer has
Become a mantra
Of simplicity
As I hear my own voice
Repeat over and over and over again
Please…
Stop the rain