It's May and the Rain is Falling



It’s May and the rain is falling;
The hills were just going from green to golden.
But now it’s May, and the sun is stalling.

These days before summer usually free and jolly;
Tonight will be cold with logs unburned, wet, and molden.
Today, dark clouds cloak this land with melancholy.

I step outside when it should be warm;
Stinging rain, treacherous wind, a curse of olden.
Why in May must I weather this storm?

But no! This gloom cannot make me blue.
Light must lie ahead that is pure and golden.
Because tomorrow is June, and with it comes a brighter hue.

Yes, tomorrow is June, and the sky will be clear;
Freedom is coming on swift flying wings.
But June is soon, and whatever it brings,
More rain there will be for me to fear.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABA CBC DBD EBE FGGF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 719
Words 137
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4

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