I tossed in thoughts,

All of the hard

All of the messy

All of the struggle

All of the broken

I thought I knew.

I was sure I was drowning.

The rivers and pools of tears surrounding my feet -

I was determined to stare down at those dark waters.

My eyes were bound towards that hopeless-looking ground.

But then I looked up - 

And the droplets falling onto me looked so much brighter in the light.

The water I thought was dampening me turned out to be washing me in redemption.

The droplets I thought were hindering my view were just making it anew.

The clouds I thought were darkening my world were really waiting to unveil the light.

I looked back - 

It’s all bedewed in drops

Droplets of beauty

Droplets of pain

But it all reflects

It all gleams.

When I look back, it’s the water that glimmers

The moments of continuing to go

And the moments of holding close

The moments of everything’s lost

And the moments of shattering thought.

The water made it life

The water showed the bright.

I thought wet was bad but it turns out…

It’s beautiful.

I couldn't have hoped life could be so beautiful...

until it rained.