Hii :D I hope you're having a beautiful day! May I leave some light-hearted poetry in your ask box? ⨠i lwk want to make it a tradition until i build up confidence to post it elsewhere :D
People somehow seemed happier in the rain.
It was half past eight, and despite it being the evening,
It was light. And it was drizzling, so a little wet,
But the most of the people didn't take out umbrellas
While awaiting the train.
I saw a couple smiling before the entrance to the station,
Giddy about the rain, holding back giggles
Because it was drizzling and still so light and they had not a care in the world.
While awaiting the train, I thought of how long the day had been
And how there had been an event at the library
Where you had to pick up a sticky note
And write the name of the book you had read while you travelled.
I thought of how I had stopped by the stand to read the notes
And the librarian'd asked, "Would you leave one for yourself?"
And I'd done that, writing down the name of the book
That was summer and countries I would never see and connections that couldn't be broken by space or time...
I smiled, looking up mindlessly,
Enjoying the drizzle and how light it was,
My thoughts on the nice librarian and the note and the rest that awaited me in the end of this long, long day.
I wonder if someone saw me smiling, eyes on the sky, and thought,
"People somehow seem happier in the rain".
Hi!!! My day went from good to awesome!! I absolutely love reading poems, and yes yes yess make this a tradition! Whether it's just a few lines or a paragraph I really don't mind, just send them to me <3
You start with "people somehow seemed happier in the rain" and end with "I wonder if someone saw me smiling..." You went from observer to observed, and the whole poem is just the small, ordinary magic in between. That's the whole point, right? You were part of the happiness you noticed. You became the thing someone else might notice.
The librarian asked, you answered, and now that note exists somewhere as proof that you were there, happy in the rain, thinking of impossible things.
I sometimes do this thing where I leave little post-it notes inside books I love, or on rough days I'll write something like "No matter how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow," and tuck them into library books. If I managed to make someone else smile, that's good, kind of like your sticky note about summer and countries you'd never seeâlittle pieces of hope left behind for someone who needs to find them.
Keep sending me poems, stay safe and I hope you're having a wonderful day too!
