Rain came again
in swathes of summer sweat
trilling through the gutters
turning trees to liquid colour
You called from outer space
the line was disconnected
lost in my head I read
your questions, asked you to wait
another life time.
I see nothing but water
bubbling through the pavement
slick beneath my feet, surfacing
in my sheets, to drown me.
You appear in other’s faces
jump the gap between their needs
& the memories they fall from me
like this rain they’re all invading
leaving me soaking wet.