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What Rain Cannot

January 7, 2022
By corn-on-a-cob GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
corn-on-a-cob GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”


What rain cannot

love cannot end a country

it cannot change the seasons

but what love cannot

small droplets, 

flying from behind the clouds,

can.

rain can end a country

it can start a drought

but what rain cannot

small sparks, 

emerging from our hearts,

can. 

love can start a friendship

it can grow a tree

but what love cannot, 

large droplets,

storming from behind the clouds, 

can.

rain cannot save a person

it cannot start a family

but what rain cannot,

a small power in our hearts 

can.


The author's comments:

Inspired by the french revolution, this poem plays with the powers of love and rain.


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