Raindrops coast on the coldest breeze

When there’s nothing more to say

And the silence wrings out

All the air from your lungs

~

When the torch is passed

From the frost-bitten night

Pushed forward from the tempest

To a calmer day’s embrace

~

Raindrops paint the pavement

In even darker shades of grey,

Their tears chill the marrow

But the warmth before is forever