“The smell of rain took her back” – 07/17/21

I sat there hair drenched from the downpour surrounding me. I smiled up at him as we both attempted to light our cigarettes through the increasing droplets of water. Making shelters with our coats to ignite the flames just to inhale the smoke into our lungs. The same lungs that took my breath from me when he caught me off guard, looking deeply into my eyes questioning how I was doing. I was soaked and full of sorrow. Taking a long drag I contemplated letting him into the dark corners of my mind. He said he liked the rain but he’d never danced in it with me as I splashed from puddle to puddle.