Love
Like the Touch of Rain
From Poems (1917, as 'Edward Eastaway')
Like the touch of rain she was
On a man's flesh and hair and eyes
When the joy of walking thus
Has taken him by surprise:
With the love of the storm he burns,
He sings, he laughs, well I know how,
But forgets when he returns
As I shall not forget her "Go now."
Those two words shut a door
Between me and the blessed rain
That was never shut before
And will not open again.
Codex Note
A beloved is compared to the touch of rain, and her 'Go now' shuts a door 'that was never shut before / And will not open again'.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas, Edward. “Like the Touch of Rain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/6/.
Chicago
Thomas, Edward. “Like the Touch of Rain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/6/.
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