Droplets
On windows
And on skin;
Telltale translucency

Are you
A window as well
With a chance of opening?

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And what with the umbrella,
This redundancy,
To say the least,
Flowers need the rain
So toss it far away
And let the trickles dance

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Idle or winding,
Crawling or racing,
Fingers of the clouds,
Fleetingly tracing
Pathways onto everything

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In these droplets
Our reflections
Pass each other
And embrace,
Go their separate ways
All scenarios play out
We go around
We come around
Near misses
Burning irises
Magnets pulling us about
When smiles are bitter
Tears are sweet
All is backwards
Till we meet

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Leave the umbrella,
Not me wondering
What it tastes like sharing the rain