I thought it would rain today <br />sky hanging low & threatening <br />but like a bully w/o balls <br />it merely blustered: <br />making idle threats <br />sky crying, 'Wolf! ' <br />an empty politician's promise... <br /> <br />I was hoping for cold & wet <br />something wintry & seasonal at least <br />but had to settle for a monotonous grey <br />that covers Winter's sky a cold blanket <br />rarely broken by clear, piercing blue <br />Light so clean it hurts <br />to see naked trees <br />Naked truth... <br /> <br />What are we to do <br />when seasons run together a blur <br />so you have to check a calender <br />just to know what the season is... <br />weather as metaphor for mediocrity. <br /> <br />Tabloidized information corrupted <br />& fed by special interests <br />(the mysterious 'they') <br />when it is we who have abdicated, <br />given our power to the box <br />surrendered to pushers of mediocrity & fear <br />who deliver their products <br />on the evening news <br />brought to you by the latest disease... <br /> <br />Even weathermen try: <br />making any gust of wind <br />a matter of life & death: <br />disaster specials, tabloid storified <br />glorified fear: <br />'Watch tornadoes from the safety <br />of your very own boudoir! ! ! ' <br />& all so we don't really have to feel <br />anything <br />thats remotely honest or real... <br /> <br />Where is Noah, now? <br />Who's building an ark? <br />Because if that sameness, <br />blandness & false sense of security <br />is ever replaced w/ winter's piercing light <br />we can go inside & reflect <br />on who we really are <br />on who we want to be... <br /> <br />So when fear mongers & <br />pushers of mediocrity call, <br />the promise of rain, of flooding <br />& destruction will not be <br />just an idle threat. <br /> <br />(Copyright 12/7/2005)<br /><br />Hugh Cobb<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-thought-it-would-rain-today/
