Summer Rain (new poem)
Current mood: tired
Category: Art and Photography

I shared this poem in my latest podcast. I've been getting back into writing on the regular a little more lately. Hopefully it will last....

SUMMER RAIN

I'm home again from a long day's work
And I'm tired

Walking in the door dropping my bag on the floor
I let out a sigh I've held in all day

I untie my tounge and breathe free at last
And the air is cleaner here

The energy drains from my bones
And I sit down to remove my shoes
And I don't want to get up
So I dream

I remember the summer days of my youth
Doing nothing but playing all day
Not worrying about the next day's deadlines
Or yesterday's mistakes

And I remember laying on my bed
With a good book in hand
Staring out the window and
Watching the beautiful summer rains

I can still smell the sweet scent
Wafting through screened window
Blowing against my face
Flowing into my lungs
Strengthing my love for life

I can still taste summer on my tongue
As I lick my lips and intake
The day like child taking in his mother's milk
Like a puppy's first drink after running the fields

So sweet the taste
So sweet the taste

A car alarm brings me back to the now
And I miss the summer rains
I miss its presence in my veins
I long to be rinsed from today's stench
This pollution that permeates my clothes
My skin, my being

And I can't move from here
From these memories
This deluge of delusion
This flood of frustration
This longing for peace

So, I am still
Still that young kid staring out the window
Still that young man sitting alone
Still in this time and that place

Longing for summer rain

© 2006 Will C. Brown, Jr.

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Constant

"Constant"

Through these last few years
Life has remained (random)
Not one week similar to the next
Not one thought conciously connected

But you remain constant

Like a brilliant vision you walk through the
Battlefield that is my life
Pure white

Though the earth trembles around you
Solidly you stand

I look forward to the comfort of your arms
Like a wearied soldier back from battle
War-scarred and tired
Knowing that the battle rages on
Knowing that there are brothers out there
Awaiting my return

And you understand that
You believe that
So, with steady heart and
Loving brillance you
Let me go

Like a steadfast soldier off to battle
I go
Yet you remain constant

© 2006 Will C. Brown, Jr.

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Tick Tock
Category: Art and Photography

I was reading through some of my older poetry recently and came across a poem I hadn't read in awhile. It's called "Tick Tock".

I read it an open mic shortly after I wrote it. It brought back memories of those intimate settings back in Charleston, SC. I need to get back to that.

"Tick Tock"

Its not every day that you get to hear the clock tick
Silence seems so uncommon these days

Drowned out by TV and MP3 and you and me
Forsaking the sound of the clock reminding us that time is passing
That's another second gone by
What are you doing?
That's another minute past
Where are you going?

It goes both ways I guess
The abundance of ticks becomes beautiful music as you sit in the midst of it
One connecting to another in uninterrupted rhythm
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick

I miss the tick tock most when I am amongst the rhythm
What was I thinking when I left?
How could I forsake this precious time
This Holy time
For it is between the tock and the tick where I find God
Where time slows down and I hear his still, small voice whispering

Can you hear it?

Listen closely
You must block out all that is not of Him and
Listen closely
Tick tock
Tick tock

Tick

© 2006 Will C. Brown, Jr.

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Jumping on the band wagon!
Category: Blogging

Ok, I finally jumped on the MySpace bandwagon. Well, I've had my personal page for a while. But this is the first Cloudy Day Art page.

Ok, I've had this for awhile, too. But now I have actually updated it.

Now off to find some friends!

Will

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