Acid Rain

 ©2012 James Cousino

Aching, crying, mourning, wanting

Sadness hidden in suppression

Faking, dying, storing, taunting

Shedding tears now an obsession

All I want to do is pray

Hoping it can ease the pain

To them my feelings seem so stray

My tears are forming acid rain

Falling! Falling! Now I'm dreaming

Although it's not my average nightmare

Something almost happy, gleaming

So happy now it starts to scare

That's when I see her, grinning, shocked

Suffering has taken it's toll

Elated now, my feelings blocked

By a new, changing, better role

I wrap my arms around her tightly

No longer having to suppress

My depression, fading, more than slightly

No longer suffering distress

Suddenly, I am awoken

Stunned, denial, I can't bare

That feeling, now I am heartbroken

Far beyond repair

I scream, I cry, I punch the ground

Drawing blood, delivering pain

Cold blood being washed away

Away by tears of acid rain