Whisper in the Rain


Among the whisperings of the rain
the silenced lies and mottled cries
the songbird shies
away

Whisperings in the rain
of obscure truths
of untold pangs and stuffy blues
the story of letters left unsent
astray on trains and alleyways

whisperings through the rain
a telephone that never rang
maddening tempest when all is still
Nightingale that always sang
in silence atop that lonely hill

Whisperings by the rain
thy pleading eyes and voiceless sighs
that tug and swallow and covet
but soft, how gently falls, it lies
on straining wishes wistfully above it

whispers caught and whispers lost
whispers held and whispers sought
whisper although tis in vain
Whisper standing in the rain