torrential rain

yellow light breaks over everything,
it's warmth singeing the skin.
people racing to escape,
taking shelter in the shadows,
huddled together like cattle.
i sit alone in the light
and cannot feel the heat at all
because it's raining torrents in my heart
you can see it just behind the eyes.
like a shield it protects me from the sun
whose wicked beams seek out my flesh.
and so i thank you
thank you for bringing the clouds,
for drowning my soul in your sorrows,
because today, the light is begging to get in
and though it will eventually consume the rest,
the rain you left me
will last a lifetime.