Embrace

You know the parlor trick.
wrap your arms around your own body
and from the back it looks like
someone is embracing you
her hands grasping your shirt
her fingernails teasing your neck
from the front it is another story
you never looked so alone
your crossed elbows and screwy grin
you could be waiting for a tailor
to fit you with a straight jacket
one that would hold you really tight.

Billy Collins

Rain

I love the sound of rain. It reminds me of lazy days when I was a kid and would stay home creating little worlds for my dolls, and would play Crash Bandicoot on Playstation with my brother. It reminds me of simpler days, which for some reason I have been thinking a lot about.

As Gabriel Garcia Marquez put it "The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good".


Anyway, this is a lovely site, and I've been using it a lot: http://www.rainymood.com/