As One Listens to the Rain
As One Listens to the Rain - meaning Summary
Listening Like Rain
The poem asks to be heard with the same gentle, unfocused attention one gives to rain. It links sound, sight and touch to time and identity, using mist and steam as images of transience and intimacy. The speaker urges receptive, inward listening so words become sensation rather than argument, and the beloved’s presence blends with weather and memory. The result is a quiet meditation on perception, fleeting time and emotional closeness.
Read Complete AnalysesListen to me as one listens to the rain, not attentive, not distracted, light footsteps, thin drizzle, water that is air, air that is time, the day is still leaving, the night has yet to arrive, figurations of mist at the turn of the corner, figurations of time at the bend in this pause, listen to me as one listens to the rain, without listening, hear what I say with eyes open inward, asleep with all five senses awake, it's raining, light footsteps, a murmur of syllables, air and water, words with no weight: What we are and are, the days and years, this moment, weightless time and heavy sorrow, listen to me as one listens to the rain, wet asphalt is shining, steam rises and walks away, night unfolds and looks at me, you are you and your body of steam, you and your face of night, you and your hair, unhurried lightning, you cross the street and enter my forehead, footsteps of water across my eyes, listen to me as one listens to the rain.
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