Pansies (Lawrence)/There is Rain in Me—

THERE IS RAIN IN ME——
There is rain in me
running down, running down, trickling
away from memory.

There is ocean in me
swaying, swaying, O so deep
so fathomlessly black
and spurting suddenly up, snow-white, like snow-leopards rearing
high and clawing with rage at the cliffs of the soul
then disappearing back with a hiss
of eternal salt rage; angry is old ocean within a man.