Skylight Rain
(for R.T.)

He made me laugh.
God! For all my life
I'll remember that.

When he left,
the laughter went with him.
The clouds crouched and sulked,
and as I lay in the dark
the skylight rain was my only companion.

The laughter returned
When he did.
But sometimes —
I need a skylight rain.

 ©1999 Rebekah

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