Torrent

Hey folks,

Well, I just wrapped my second-to-last semester of my college life.  Remember the Yōkai Capstone Project I told you about?  I've decided to make it one of my New Year Resolutions to start uploading my work, from my Capstone Project and any future Yokai I invent.


In the meantime, here's a poem I wrote as part of my Creative Writing course.  Enjoy!

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Torrent

Pouring

The only towel I have is my blanket

The campout had been disturbed

in the middle of the night

I try my best to ignore

The rain isn’t just pouring,

it is roaring. 

Roaring

as if my ears are right next to a waterfall

I can hear the rain pounding,

Pounding

on our tent like a madman at the front door

An immediate evacuation,

we emerge from our tents like molting cicadas

Meeting crying clouds

we begin to run

to the bus lit like the Heavens

My heart is punching

my ribcage

I jog to the bus that shone

in the wet darkness

like a lighthouse in a foggy night

the sky

My ears

Explode

My muscles

Flinch

I jump. 

I run

for my life,

Dashing

to the bus

Its doors are glowing

Drying off with a blanket-towel

I take the first two seats

I place my head on the side of the window,

my ear presses to the glass. 

The rain can’t hurt me anymore.

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Hope you like it!