Untitled Poem by James Baldwin
Untitled
Lord,
when you send the rain
think about it, please,
a little?
Do
not get carried away
by the sound of falling water,
the marvelous light
on the falling water.
I
am beneath that water.
It falls with great force
and the light
Blinds
me to the light.
" the light blinds me to the light" beautiful. as the elders say " when it rains it pours" one bad thing is usually followed by another and another. but " this too shall pass."
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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11/29/2024 10:38:16 PM # 1.0.0
The sound of heavy rain falling on an iron roof at night is the ultimate for me. It happened last night. Baldwin asks God, I think, to make the rain keep falling. A fine 'sound' poem.
I don't believe he is asking for the rain to fall. The rain seems to symbolize troubles/hardships, and he's asking God to consider its immediate effect instead of being blinded by the potential outcomes. The rain might seem whimsical, but it falls with great force and hurts Baldwin. The light refracting through the water is too intense for him to see the good on the other side.