<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=552104" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Falling Rain</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The last wind of winter has ceased its power.<br>It is memory now, and has no message to give.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rains of spring have replaced the snow.<br>And spatter insistent tunes upon the roof.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the ground, the plants have burst out.<br>Reminders of the cycle of life and renewal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Early flowers busy in their own serenity.<br>Splashes of colour that arrive in splendour.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh falling rain, cleanse the dirt of the heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I find myself sitting on my back porch.<br>Surrounded by the discrimination of life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sighing gently to the pattern of the rain, <br>singing softly the songs of emerging spring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Patterns of raindrops that hit the mind in<br>mud puddles of dank self imposed denial.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are a growing source of cleansing<br>which shall shatter, for now, the winter grey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O falling rain, cleanse the dirt of the heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Standing up, I become once again myself.<br>Moaning in unison with the rain, captivated</div><div style="margin:10px 0">by the thoughts of what the waters bring.<br>I am entirely open to fountains of rebirth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Vindictive tugging of thought interferes<br>with the cherished sunshine of awareness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rushing from my porch into the rain, <br>I pull each flower from the ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O falling rain, cleanse the dirt of the heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Chris+G.+Vaillancourt">Chris G. Vaillancourt</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=552104" data-title="Falling Rain de Chris G. Vaillancourt" data-description="The last wind of winter has ceased its power. It is memory now, and has no message to give. The rains of spring have replaced the snow. And spatter insistent tunes upon the roof. From the ground, the plants have burst out. Reminders of the cycle..."></div> </div> </div>

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