Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Waiting For The Rain

It is time for me
to move on,
to leave the battlefield
and put my eyes on new targets.
All this fighting has been too much
for me.
Now
the trees accepted the loss
and wait with open branches for the rain
and so it is with me.
I can not be the crazy woman
beating my brain
senseless
with thoughts of regret
while moment after sweet moment
escapes me.
I can not run and hide
and gnaw myself ragged
trying to keep up with the sharks.
Better to let them go by
while I wait
limp
like seaweed
swaying in the tide,
struggling against nothing.