Sunday, May 20, 2007

RAIN



...The Background...
I was inspired to write this after watching the movie "Monster's Ball", the movie which got Halle Berry her 1st Oscar. Its the last scene of the movie that made me write this. Just a muse, an inspiration. It, however , has nothing to do with the characters of that movie. Just that it made me reflect upon, how, complete strangers can heal each other because they have one common thread that ties them together...that of unspoken human pain..

Let me know why you think I chose to call it 'Rain'.

RAIN

She wakes up early this morning
to spring clean her house.
Old trunks and boxes.
Memories untouched for years,
buried under the debris;
now sift through the dust laden air.
The old rag doll with buttons for eyes,
those lifeless eyes tell the tale of...
a lost childhood
of innocence robbed and desecrated.
A child violated..not caressed
Abused and not loved
Rejected and not cherished.
...............

Across the road lives he
Photographs on the wall....
of the family lost forever..
Echos of the blood curdling screams
ring clear, still.
..................

She and he.
Two seperate lives.
Strangers till yesterday
Brought together now
By the pain
Those years between then and now
Of...
dignity striving to be found again
faith to be restored again.
They needn't share the pain...
of the yester years that haunts still......
Their souls are connected now

She looks at him today
"We'll be okay", he says
She smiles and looks away...at the horizon
Comfort
And hope..
dawns on them this morning.

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