the rain fell <br />like sorrow <br />liquid sorrow <br /> <br />I was drenched <br />to the skin <br />with sorrow <br /> <br />the sorrow <br />fell harder and harder <br />its voice monstrous now <br /> <br />passers by fumbled <br />with gaily coloured umbrellas <br />trying to fend off the sorrow <br /> <br />the sorrow beat against my skin <br />but I wouldn't <br />let it in <br /> <br />inside I was sunny <br />your smile <br />my very own private summer<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-very-own-private-summer/
