A Walk In The Rain
“A Walk In The Rain” Free Verse Poetry, August 2016/March 2017
She went for a walk in the rain
With barely enough light to see
The mist baptizing her favorite path.
She couldn’t escape the pain
Without causing much more
So she retreated to her abandoned door.
Once inside, the walls entombed her
And trapped her as they moved,
Revealing the family she’d left behind.
Trapped within the rose-printed wallpaper,
She stood in silent perfection
In thorns that drew no blood.
She went for a walk in the rain
To clear her overwhelmed mind
From burdens drowning in her wrath.
She dropped to her knees and prayed
For forgiveness and solitude;
Watched her children while they played.
They never missed her,
Or knew the sacrifices she made.
-Brandi Easterling Collins
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