A Chance to Hear the Rain

I'll write to give myself a chance to hear the rain
falling at night, I'll write, I promise.
Finding the outline of your face in the dark.

You barely move and with each breath
I lose you more.

I'm letting myself know you
I'm letting my love show you.
I'm letting myself know you
I'm letting my love show you.

That this marks our existence —
that everything is in process —
that sometimes all this will end —
that nothing can stay the same —

Nothing can stay the same
we are in a state of impermanence.
Nothing can stay the same.

I'm letting myself know you
I'm letting my love show you.
I'm letting myself know you
I'm letting my love show you.

I'll write to give myself a chance to hear the rain.

The darkness
and the buildings
and the strangers (why do I push against it?)
and the lone bird (why do I push against it?)
all impermanent

And how I feel about you now.