Smile Through The Rain

Raindrops spun in pirouettes three feet in the air

As I merrily ride on with not a worry nor care

Flat calm of the reservoir danced in the downpour

Winds howled through the hills with a deafening roar

Push onwards, upwards, climbing out this depression

Each turn of the pedal another sure sign of progression

As I thrust ever forward my thoughts turn inside

Remember the day when all my fears were multiplied

That chat by the fireside that shook me to the core

Leaving the building my life had changed for evermore

A warm summers day lay rent, tattered, torn and disfigured

In a trance I walked off, through the streets so bewildered

Now I sit on the summit under a sky bleeding tears

On the crest of the hill, I have conquered those fears

Rain sodden grin challenges grey skies around me

At the storm, at the top of my voice, I scream like a banshee

And in that rain soaked moment I again feel alive

Look forward to the journey now that hopes been revived

© Fergus Martin

2012