of Rain

I stood in the shower until the water ran cold over my skin. I knew I should get out but could not. I shivered.

The rain finally came tonight. Funny, all these days I longed for it, but when it came it washed all the bounce out of my step. I wrap myself in your words for warmth but you are still impossibly far away. They are just a reminder of distance. Doubt sweeps in and pulls the rug from under me; what the hell did we think we were doing?

My thoughts a jumble, I drag myself to bed early. Perhaps, tomorrow, the sun will shine again. Perhaps, tomorrow, it will be a whole new day.