The steady gentle sound
Of the softly falling rain
Fails to completely mask
The deluge of my pain

Drowning in hurt
Wallowing in despair
Where was the one
Who was supposed to care

Out in the world
Suddenly, irrevocably alone
Nobody and no place
To even call my own

A single solitary tear
Slips unbidden down my cheek
Angrily I swipe it away
Must never show that I am weak

A swiftly in-drawn breath
A small isolated hiccup
The moment has now passed
It is time to look up

With courage and strength
I move to the path in front of me
And to the promise of love beyond
Because at last I am finally free