There Is So Much Beyond The Gray Clouds And The Rain

I refuse to dwell on the echoes of thunder and the droplets from the sky

As I might have done long ago thinking of us and what has been

I know there is so much beyond

The gray clouds and the rain

A forest beyond the trees

Love amid the ruins

I refuse to be overcome with memories of loss

Possibilities dashed against the rocks

There is a second life even after death

Even beyond you and I

There is happiness on the horizon

I just close my eyes 

And dream.