The Paper Boat

The rain is back, I hear it pouring

I hear the drops tapping on my window

As if to say Hey! How are you doing?

I am here to stay, to be with you.

I sat and kept going through an old book

Trying to read something which I knew 

I was not

It was just the flipping of pages

And just a weird thought.

The rain pushed harder as if calling out 

It forced me to get up and walk about.

I thought for a while look at the rain

It comes every year to wash and clean

It knocked hard at the window pane

As if it wanted me speak out my pain.

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My wrinkled face had the rain kissing it by

I remember playing with it when I was a little child.

I took out my hand as if I needed to hold it tight

While the rain kept dripping out of all the sides.

I closed the window and sat back

Took out a paper from the rack.

There I was making my own little boat

As I used to make as a liitle boy.

I opened my door with my feeble hands

Saw a puddle out and set my boat to float

The rain carried it away and I smiled

As if she just came to me to bring out

Once again that little child.