better days / deja vu
took a leisurely walk back home in the rain the sniffles came almost immediately mom saw me shivering outside the door waiting for her to open it once again I had forgotten to bring my keys out she lectured me in quiet anguish and dried my hair gently with a towel all of a sudden I laughed out softly she asked me why with a smile I replied that's because, mom, I'm alive < p r o l o g u e > I felt the sensation of rain drops falling onto my hair, my skin, seeping through my clothes, wetting my lips I heard the faint sounds of sashaying tree branches, the gentle splashes of rain drops against the pavement I shivered at the sudden gusts of wind brushing past my cheeks, tasted the freshness of nature against my lips I delighted at the softness of the ground, the greenness of the grass even then at that moment I saw the familiar with a slight shock I let out "deja vu" yet for that moment in time I felt alive
- 23 Aug 2010
