The Rain
by Karla Geci-Call

I remember~

The rain came down one calm, warm night~~
It poured down quietly, and made the sounds of bullets on the windows~~~
The thunder rumbled loudly, yet I wasn't afraid~~~~
The strikes of lightning came from Heaven, that light up the skies!~~~~~

I was dressed~
In my little pajamas~~
My mom was asleep, and I was all alone at the front screen door~~~

The rain came down in showers now~~~~
I was standing on the vast front porch~~~~~
The steps, so close and so big.~~~~~~

I took one step and, then the other~
One by one, I went down and down the steps~~
When I came at the bottom~~~
The rain poured down like bullets upon me~~~

It poured and poured, soaking my little pajamas~~~~
I stood there, and then my mom came outside~~~~~

I went inside with her, but before I shut the front screen door~~~~~~

I smelt a deep aroma~~~~~~

It was

ROSES WITH A HINT OF THE DAMP RAIN~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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