Standing in the Rain

I enjoy a good storm and rainy days unlike many people - they center and calm me.

Washed by a cool breeze

By tears not my own

Nor falling for me

Or because of I alone

Yet so profoundly intense

Joy finds me smiling

Smirk aglow upon me

Drenched yet ecstatic

For a torrential outpouring

Standing here on my own

Deep in thought

Soul uplifted and free

Thoughts cooled and streamlined

Finding my piece of peace

Shadows pour from lightning

Forked castings of light

Devil's diatribe splitting

Broken symphony crashes

Stoic in soaked resolve

Moment stilled in time

Just breathing freedom's reprieve

Undeterred by rolling clouds

Always seeing blackened comfort

Storm a refuge from banality

Nature's tune striking the chord

In most resilient of hearts

So you will find me

Standing in the rain

Where I feel no pain

Only an inexorable gain

For today is not my bane