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Rain
By Chibinaoka

As I walk down the street in the rain, a few people occasionally glance towards my direction. I pay no attention to them. I guess it's just odd for them seeing a bare foot boy out in the rain with no umbrella. The rain. It's been pouring ever since I left the cage, since I left A. I'm beginning to get soaked but I don't care. It feels good to be outside even if it is raining. I stop and look up at the sky. Dark clouds are dropping rain drops onto my face. I smile as I close my eyes. It's been so long since I've felt the rain on my face. Sticking my tongue out ever so slightly, I taste a few rain drops. The rain taste fresh, like freedom. The world around me is no more now, I've blocked it out of my mind. I'm simply enjoying my first taste of freedom, my first taste of rain in years.

But I'm soon pulled back to reality. It's best I keep walking. Who knows when they'll come after me. I know they've probably already send someone out to catch me. But still, even if they do find me, at least I would have seen the outside world for just a bit. Truthfully, I'd rather they don't find me. I can't go back, I don't want to go back. A. Your there in the cage. Your the reason why I left. I couldn't stand it any more. Though I love you, I could no longer be with you. You killed B. B's the reason why I had to leave you. Maybe if he were still around, I would have stayed. Still, I think it's best I left. You're unstable A. You might have killed someone else, maybe even me. I shouldn't have to fear for my life around my own brother. I'm being selfish. I'm sorry. I'm sorry A, I just needed to get away. It's better this way. Even though it might hurt for a while, it's better this way. Perhaps now we can find a little bit of happiness. That is if happiness exists for three-leaf Clovers.

A part of me wishes you were here with me. If only we could have left the cage together. We would have both felt the rain on our skin. Felt the cold rain drops rolling down our cheeks. But it can never be. It would be to dangerous. So I have to keep going. I need to find a safe place were I can be free. I have to keep moving threw these rainy streets. I wonder if the sun will ever shine in this world or will the rain always be pouring down while I'm out in it. Will this lonely rain ever stop? Will I ever find my happiness? I keep asking myself those questions over and over as I walk all alone, in the rain, thinking of the brother I left behind.

to be born again for my sake;
once again to wait to be born in a golden egg;
once again to be able to fly with silver wings;
unhurriedly, tenaciously, intimately.

to be born again in your arms.

The End