Listen to the Rain

Open your eyes and let them silently listen to the rain... I know it sounds insane, and some may call it lame, but as I gaze out the window pane, I know my mind understands what my heart is saying. Settle your spirit... Take a deep breath to slow your mind and clear it... Then I guarantee your eyes will hear it... The language with no syllables, no letters, or structure... Simply an understanding akin to the stern look from one's mother... It has no sound, form, inflection or variation... The speech pattern of rain is universal, like the increasing expense of gas at a gas station... I urge you to let your eyes read between the drops... And to allow your mind to begin to unlock... There is a unique feeling that comes over you that differs from that of a sunny day... Which is why I deeply encourage you to let your eyes...

Listen to the rain...

Listen and let it pull you back… Surrender as your mind enters onto the fast track… The rain will speak to you and remind you of your true feelings… The sadness hovering beneath the calm floor everybody walks on, that is secretly your emotional shielding… Delve deeper into your mind, and think of all the things you wish you had somebody to tell… Somebody you could trust fully to care about you more than them self… Remember aches that haven’t quite healed… It’s just you and the rain – it’s okay to be real… Let it stir you deep within – let loose the tears you swore you’d never cry again… The sky weeps on your behalf… Even as its tear drops speak incessantly into your eyes… Like a hypnotist the rain maintains a steady cadence… Accessing all the scattered emotion buried inside…

Listen to the rain…

Thousands of individual drops, dashing the earth as one unit… Try to fine tune this watery platoon, and I promise you can’t do it…Never questioning, never demanding – just simply being… Perfectly synchronized, alternately blindly following, then leading… No personal preference, or defiantly obscene gestures… Obediently travelling their path, like a cowboy out of a western… These drops all contain the potential to cast a rainbow when the light is shined on them… But until then they willfully die, and like snake eyes they are one-to-one with God’s plan for them…

Listen to the rain…

So many warm memories of fireside chats, and a lover’s embrace… Hot chocolate, and a sugary chocolate mustache resting on your face… The warmth of your favorite, thick blanket… Curled up asleep – drooling and shameless… Resting alone on the loveseat… Gazing upon the rain… Going on various roller coaster rides, and elevators through the forgotten memories in your brain… The rain tells a beautiful story of hope and love… A desperate, passionate kiss under the down pour… A knight braving all manner of weather for his soul mate – his dearly beloved… A man searching for that which he knows, but does not yet have… A woman desiring to be wed… Couples happily tumbling around an orange grove… Excitedly speaking to one another in a language that needs not be externally said… Children dancing with the elegance of noble long gone… Mysteries ending without an end, left unsolved…

Listen to the rain...

The greatest happiness, and the most extreme joy... The sexiest body language, and looks that are coy... Let the rain educate you... Show you some things about yourself... Let the rain inside to wash you... Repair some things, like tools on a tool belt... Let the rain whisper... Strain your eyes to hear its silent plea... A longing to be heard... Not simply ignored like the swells on the sea... It has secrets to convey, to the eyes who spend attention as their pay... To the the gaze that hones in like a laser, on the veiled beauty of a rainy day... To a soul that can sympathize with clouds crying sorrows away... The rain has a soft voice that is strong and motivational... But like a pin drop, you can miss it if you only respond to the wildly sensational...

Raise those lids and settle your spirit...
Take a deep breath to slow your mind and clear it...
Then I guarantee your eyes will hear it...

Listen to the Rain…