A Week of Rain

It's rained a week
and there's a rhythm to it now
This bleeding into earth
This draining of the sky

A scolded child, it screams
Throws fits and beats against the window
Wearing itself to sobs
Sniffling and wiping eyes against the streets

Metaphor's too easy
Too often used, just as often felt
The blue days of a child in tears
waiting for a lollypop and mom