once it rained everywhere around me

except where i stood

it was dry

and the sun for a minute

warmed me

until the rain slowly filled in the hole

once we stood on the beach at the lake

with your toe in the sand

you drew me

a jellyfish and in a minute

warned me

that i was soon to receive my sting

where did everybody go

what does anybody know

we don’t build any walls

that can’t fall down

once you knew what it was to be happy

and now you’ve forgotten

it was a lie

you believed for a minute

warned me

then it rained everywhere around you

where did everybody go

what does anybody know

we don’t build any walls

that can’t fall down

bhagiti 5.6.07 perrysburg, oh