Rain's Meaning

will this umbrella
fight those tears
will my life slip
throughout the years
your favorite season
must be spring
being so rude
jealous of the sun
Is why you so mean
can you display forecast
I want to prepare for my weeps before it adds
floods for weeks
memories came from you
a paint brush
to color what I view
as the main art
that has cried out
the last tear
from what is true
in my heart
a broken heart
did you ever think that you was
the reason I drinked
the more liquor I taste
the more emotions I waste
you made my mother
open her legs to another
feeling gray clouds
overweighing emotions
by love abandonement
from my dad
thanks to the spy
and curiousity
in each eye
erasing every feeling that she shared
or ever had
you coccoon
women's feminality
gave birth
to blues reality
hearing trumpets and saxophones
cry their melodic voices
throughout Louisiana
seeing same ole Nanna
rock her bitter life
in that chair after 3 divorces
back and forward
back and forward
those squeeky sounds
the only thing you would hear
you can run
but can you hide
from that word
that makes you sweat
called struggles
that stretch
beyond any length
of a muscle
you can't dodge
rain drops
because that's
what sadness stalks
It's why great singers
defy high notes
from Teddy
forming Melvin in the Bluenotes
to Marvin Gaye
sharing his cries
from the experience
that rain brings
when you know
life's calling
you'll answer that ring
motivation keeps us
reaching for hope
we haven't seen the future
so do we
keep climbing rope
rain goes on vacation
and the sun comes out
hope you're patient
because I'm going
to laugh until you get back
proudly hanging up
my umbrella
next to the hats