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Saturday Morning Rain

Charles Edward York 1966 (Saigon, Vietnam)

Free verse
Saturday Morning Rain

Serenity arrives in Saturday morning rain
Through the shadows of evening
The soft sounds of spring showers
Slowly dissipates the night before
My weary eyes open silently
Thoughts from sullen moments
Seem to dissolve and disappear
Fading as if they never mattered.

The gentle patter of cool water drops
Erase emotions emanating
From people and places
Without empathy or compassion
My yearning for acceptance
Finds comfort in the wet waves
Descending from Heaven as
Abundant affirmation my life matters.

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The serenity of acceptance and relevance found in rain.

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Written on April 20, 2024

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on April 20, 2024

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Scheme A ABCXXXXX XBXXXXXC XX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 787
Words 132
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 8, 8, 2
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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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