(Love Exasperated) A Drowning Poem 10/20/17

Your fire
was extinguished
before I could ignite it.

Splash, splash

Raindrops put out the flame,
so you say...
but teardrops would seem to be better reasoning.

Splash, splash

Drowning out laughter
and/ or it's echo.

Blurring vision of grandeur.

Tisk, tisk
Splash, splash

Soapy water from a bucket
thrown out onto the cobblestones
Scrub those tear stained steps

Splash, splash

Cold drinking water races down my throat

Splash

Perspiration from my forehead,
drips down my face.

Splash, splash

Raindrops tapping against the skylight,
settling into a rhythmic crescendo with the beat of my heart; visceral.

From the trestle the pebble is cast into the river below-

Splash.

© BeauAllen