Rain Words

It rained last night

The smell of wet concrete

Was sweet

A reminder 

Of something 

I need 

Something I see

Behind my eyes

When we speak 

Something new

Washing away 

The week 

The month 

The years

Undone 

By the gentle crush 

Of pounding 

Rain 

Revitalize 

Regain 

The strength it takes

To maintain 

My composure

Over the phone for 

Just a little while

Cause we are 

Far 

Apart 

For just a little while 

Longer 

Lips 

Lasting only because 

Of the strength 

Of what was 

Right before 

You went away 

Right before 

I realized that I 

Maybe wanted you 

To stay 

Cool breeze doesn’t

Cool needs 

But instead 

Moves me 

To decidedly delicate debauchery

Like you’d do it 

Soft 

Slow 

So 

I moan 

So my breath 

Forgets 

Itself

Then lets itself

Out in a rush

From 

My wet pleading mouth 

Now 

Now 

Now 

You whisper 

Cause you’re gentle 

Cause your hands 

Are lost on me 

And your mouth 

Is incomplete 

Without my own 

And I’m gone 

Somewhere 

Else entering 

Some quiet place

Where heat is pressed 

On my face

And my heart is running 

Some desperate race 

And the rain 

Catches 

The trace of your name 

In the wind 

As I sing 

Tears of ache 

Against my pillow

Teeth clenched 

Jaw tight

I smell the dampness 

Of the rain 

And my want for you 

Tonight 

Tight 

Like you like 

Tongued tied for the right 

Reasons 

The seasons change

Outside my window 

And I know 

That somehow 

The wet concrete 

Reminds me 

Of us  

Hard and sweet 

Gentle beat

Natural 

And new 

All at once 

Eyes close slow

Yes 

I 

Am

Done