i cried

walking home in the drizzling rain

from the the metro stop to my warm bed

the sky was a soft mattress of blue

and the roads glistened orange.

 

i looked down and watched droplets plink

down on my green converse

the ones with a bright blue splotch on the right toe

and the cuffs of my blue jeans i took from

my mom becoming damper on my calves

his playlist blaring from my uncomfortable ear buds,

the soft drums and steady bass –

 

there was something beautiful about this

twenty minute span of time –

even though i thought my toes would freeze off –

the headlight of a red car flies past me

and i think

i am so glad i did not let you end me.