Send me some hope,
Some way to cope.
A way to smile
As if all is fine.
Show me the way
To simply sunshine my day.
All I see is the raptureless rain,
The ordinary nature of vain pain.
The rain makes me see no clearer,
Its insights bring me no nearer
Perfect perception:
Life's most carefully constructed deception.

By Anthony AJ Jackson
2-2-1998 11:25am in Nashville, Tn