Pain



He stands outside in the pouring rain.
His body trembling with all the pain.
With each drop, it lashes upon his skin.
It's as if the rain is falling just for him.

As the hard rain pounds on his mind.
Suddenly, he sees he is forever blind.
Distant memories does the rain bring back.
Bullets flying, friends dying, it was a sudden attack.

The rain was there then, as it always is now.
He made it through, though he doesn't know how.
Despite the pounding rain now does he smile.
Surrendering to the rain, he finally finds peace awhile.
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on June 07, 2016

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBCC DDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 521
Words 99
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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