Ruins of Rain
Falling drops
fell from far,
fell onto my frame..
..the painting on a wooden board.
Smudges that were once adorned with traces and strokes of paint,
the drops- truffled them back to the thought, one shade at a time.
Soon enough the "soon" came.
Sooner-
than what it takes for a drop to reach-
with slow slide down my glasses,
the drops stopped...
fell from far,
fell onto my frame..
..the painting on a wooden board.
Smudges that were once adorned with traces and strokes of paint,
the drops- truffled them back to the thought, one shade at a time.
Soon enough the "soon" came.
Sooner-
than what it takes for a drop to reach-
with slow slide down my glasses,
the drops stopped...