The storms were raging, so was my heart and throat. It was a bad night and my pillows were just as soaked. Although I was pretty sure that the heavy rain was beyond my window, it sure felt like the harsh winds were ready and strong enough any time to blow. I heard the rain pour on every street, but lanes of memories in my head were louder than each of the thunder beat. I got up and reached out for some light, but it seemed like the weather has dimmed almost my every night.
I prayed and I prayed… and looked for answers that the rain could not have made. I said, “It must have been me,” “my shortcomings and everything that I failed to see.” But today, thankfully, the storm passed a bit and it moved further away from me. Maybe it was a work of both the heavens and the sea, with the sun and the clouds deciding that they will leave us be.
“No, my darling, it takes two to make the skies better,” so I was reminded by the heavens as the clouds changed to form and letters. It was as if that even though I seemed forgetful of our every season’s flow, it was you who chose to already let me go.
You told me how sad you were in summer with only empty conversations and deserted vacations. So now, you would rather have us soaked in the storm without each other. In fall, know that it was never my intention not to call. Your rest in that season was more important to me and that is truly all. Understand that I would always rather have you beside me thru any of it and even all. Came winter and all the good things froze – even your heart did, when mine was simply searching for a refuge and its home.
We forgot to talk through the struggles and all the hard feelings that grew bigger as seasons went old...and these, these made all the storm.