Free Verse

If on a given day when all of life was sunny, a rain came down and I looked up into the sky and sighed, “I love the rain.”, then a number of days later, a midst heartache and tears, clouds filled the sky, if I were to then sigh, “I hate the rain.”, would you call me a hypocrite?

Simple Rhyme

If I bask in the sunshine’s warmth and light,

And welcome rain with pure delight,

But when heartache brings tears and pain,

My feelings towards rain are not the same,

Would you call me a hypocrite,

If I were to dismiss it?

Or can my heart hold many moods,

And change with life’s shifting hues?

Perhaps it’s not inconsistency,

But growth and learning, constantly,

Adapting to life’s ebbs and flows,

feeling all the highs and lows.

So let the rain fall when it may,

And if I love or hate that day,

Know that my heart is simply true,

To what life brings, both old and new.

Pantoum

1) On a given day when all of life was sunny,

2) A rain came down and I looked up into the sky and sighed.

3) “I love the rain.”, my heart singing with joy and harmony,

4) A new perspective on life as the world gets cleansed and purified.

3) “I love the rain.”, my heart singing with joy and harmony,

5) Sometimes, the rain brings with it darkness and sorrow,

4) A new perspective on life as the world gets cleansed and purified,

6) Sometimes it adds to the pain and makes life hard to swallow.

5) Sometimes, the rain brings with it darkness and sorrow,

7) Amidst heartache and tears, clouds filled the sky,

6) Sometimes it adds to the pain and makes life hard to swallow,

8) If I were to then sigh, “I hate the rain.”, would you call me a hypocrite?

7) Amidst heartache and tears, clouds filled the sky,

9) It’s hard to love something that brings so much pain,

8) If I were to then sigh, “I hate the rain.”, would you call me a hypocrite?

10) Understand that sometimes our feelings are not so easy to explain.

9) It’s hard to love something that brings so much pain,

11) I know that the rain also brings growth and change,

10) Understand that sometimes our feelings are not so easy to explain.

12) Even if they seem inconsistent and a bit strange.

11) I know that the rain also brings growth and change,

13) “I love the rain.”, and “I hate the rain.”, both are true,

12) Even if they seem inconsistent and a bit strange,

14)Both are a part of me, and both are a part of you.

13)“I love the rain.”, and “I hate the rain.”, both are true,

15)A new perspective on life, sometimes with joy, sometimes with sorrow,

14) Both are a part of me, and both are a part of you,

16) The Rainbow is a reflection of that, for now, and tomorrow.

1) On a given day when all of life was sunny,

2) A rain came down and I looked up into the sky and sighed.