Rainy Morning

This morning 
The clouds lie low
Tangled among the crooked pines
Framing the mountains
In their ghostly web

This morning
The sleepy rain
Falls with the drone of a fly 
And the clouds wait
For a beating heart
To fall from the sky
Ensnared in their beauty
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emmett

VT

18 years old

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