The Rain is Stained

You

You with your face out the window

Glaring at the somber sky, in hopes of succour

You- are nobody’s, and nobody is yours.

Those who speak for you are fiendish hawks

Their words are but chicanery

Beware of them!

They know not better for you

Every motive is an agenda, every individual a cadaver.

The welfare they commit to, you shall never receive

Hell-bent on furthering divisiveness

They are filthy, toxic, and corrupt.

Each time you fall for the fools

Their desire for you to succumb is fueled.

Don’t give into, don’t let them train:

The petrichor assured is magnanimous

But careful, the rain is stained!

- Rishika Chutani