The storm, it's so hard Why is there still Winter in the air It's the air that moves me and makes me sing But it's tired of my softness It wants me to scream Winter is the season of sadness The season of death and rebirth Just like the sun, the moon, the stars Dangling down from my cloud Bumping into each other and ringing out They sing their song, the song of a silent dream That maybe some ear would listen to us But no, the windows and doors are closed They're inside with their heat and their headphones They're inside with their TV's and radios Their computers and companions A noisy life without us So it's time I chime my last sorrowful song It's time they pay attention to the world outside them The rain and storm are so cruel Maybe I'm a fool, but look, I'm a cloud after all These strings and things make me pretty to hear and see But they never care for me. My paint is chipped and I think poor Star lost a point Sun's lost his golden glitter Moon's silver lining's gone So, let us dance with this brutal wind Let us ring in chaos and make the dogs howl before we scream Let's make a nightmare from this broken dream We'll break for the sake of lost hopes in the snow There go the strings, frayed at the ends You're free, my friends! Look at Shooting Star, drowning in the spa And it's one giant leap in the garden for the Moon The Sun'll come out tomorrow, most likely sifted in the sandbox And now, I'm the cloud, swirling in the storm It's raining glass, can't you open your eyes and ears You've neglected the world and the simple pleasures It's raining glass, now the chimes are silenced Soon, we'll be another beer mug to measure You can recycle glass, but what about the cares you throw away When's the last time you took a walk outside, even in the driving rain When's the last moment you washed away your pain And when's the last time you remember your hand between the strings Of those pretty glass windchimes?
Wow, great poem! The above were my favorite lines, but really, beautiful lines abound throughout your entire work. I really liked how the images almost seemed to run off on obsure tangents, such as the sandbox and the beer mug. Great great stuff, thx for sharing it!
