Rainy City 

Just raindrops

falling,

falling into wetness

making

waterways

of roads and streets

and it’s such a pretty scene.

I try to focus on it

try to see the calming colours

but the drizzly, misty rain

is shrouding me

in a fog of fear.

I take the deep breaths

I need

to forestall the rising

panic

though it’s such a pretty scene

with the raindrops falling

like silvery teardrops

from glassy eyes,

teardrops

which will run their course

and splatter

like rain

then disappear

into wetness

and become invisible

as if by magic.

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