The rain fell <br />like sorrow. <br /> <br />The rain fell <br />like loss. <br /> <br />It fell about <br />the house <br /> <br />shattered <br />like glass. <br /> <br />It was as if <br />the world wept <br /> <br />& eternity <br />wept too. <br /> <br />Everything <br />wept. <br /> <br />All things <br />wept <br /> <br />except <br />I <br /> <br />who knowing <br />there were no tears <br /> <br />that I could cry <br />to bring you back <br /> <br />to ease <br />the agony of your absence... <br /> <br />I abandoned <br />the house <br /> <br />lashed now <br />by the rain <br /> <br />blinded <br />by the rain. <br /> <br />I cried out <br />your name <br /> <br />& <br />cried.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-things-wept/
