Lessons from Rain

Rains teach me

not to anchor
the paper boats,

but coax me to

dive into the puddles

for a treasure hunt.

Some pebbles

are round and smooth

warm to the touch,

the grainy mud

gets between the nails.

As I grow desperate

to rescue
the last crumbs of
the memory of love,

Rains teach me

to romance the blanket

and kiss my dreams.