Tuesday, June 14, 2022

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“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain” - Roy Batty, Blade Runner


What the rain does

It washes sky

Lashes leaves at the nodes

Leaving like tears drops on blades


What the rain does

Is empty of clouds

Groaning in thunder

Sparking in lightning


What the rain does

Is tug at the heartstrings

Knowing that the flood

Of tears will not heal only soothe


But life continues

To the auger of the rains

Even if it be forty day or nights

When a sprig in a beak hails


A new form

Then all the moments

Will be lost in time, 

Like tears in rain

© gillena cox 2022

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20 comments:

  1. Laura BloomsburyJune 14, 2022 at 5:24 PM

    ooh Gillena - those concluding lines were utterly uplifting

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  2. Gillena CoxJune 14, 2022 at 5:49 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Laura

    Much❤love

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  3. rogblog666June 14, 2022 at 5:58 PM

    loved that last stanza

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  4. Gillena CoxJune 14, 2022 at 6:44 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Rog

    Much❤love

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  5. GraceJune 14, 2022 at 9:12 PM

    And so it does. Not only to heal but to soothe and spring new life.

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    1. Gillena CoxJune 15, 2022 at 6:36 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Grace

      Much❤love

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  6. kaykualaJune 15, 2022 at 12:34 AM

    A wonderful close, Gillena, fits in nicely to bring it to a finality!

    Hank

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  7. Gillena CoxJune 15, 2022 at 6:36 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Hank

    Much❤love

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  8. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comJune 15, 2022 at 11:59 AM

    Oh Gillena.....I think this is one of the most beautiful poems you've ever written. Truly. The repetition of "what the rain does" until there is no more repetition and the thoughts move on beyond....Oh I truly love this poem of yours.

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    1. Gillena CoxJune 15, 2022 at 8:06 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Lillian

      Much❤love

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  9. rogblog666June 15, 2022 at 3:12 PM

    wonderful felt every drop

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    1. Gillena CoxJune 15, 2022 at 8:07 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Rog

      Much❤love

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  10. ms_liliJune 15, 2022 at 5:15 PM

    meditative and beautiful. the sprig of the dove is such a powerful symbol.

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  11. Gillena CoxJune 15, 2022 at 8:07 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Lili

    Much❤love

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  12. RaivenneJune 16, 2022 at 12:52 PM

    "But life continues" / "A new form" the transition of all the things rain does to the cleansing hope of the heartbreaks to be forgotten in the down pour.

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  13. Gillena CoxJune 16, 2022 at 3:06 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Raivenne

    Much❤love

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  14. Sanaa RizviJune 16, 2022 at 6:45 PM

    This is incredibly gorgeous writing, Gillena! ❤️❤️

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  15. Gillena CoxJune 17, 2022 at 9:32 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Sanaa

    Much❤love

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  16. paeansunpluggedJune 19, 2022 at 3:19 PM

    Gillena, loved the repetition and the ending was beautiful. ❤️

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  17. Gillena CoxJune 20, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Punam

    Much❤love

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