The bright yellow rain boots
defy the dullest of gray skies.
I stomp joyfully;
splattering vast seas across the pavement.
A Gulliver to the wet Lilliputian land.
Leaping from ocean to ocean,
drenching myself with abandon
Running through the river-turned streets
Looking for the next conquest,
a serene calm pool
into which I plunge gleefully;
upsetting the melancholy stillness
of the cold wet day.
I stomp and splash furiously,
Until I can no longer feel my toes,
Until I can no longer feel my feet,
Until I can no longer feel anything.
Fully soaked and numb,
I smile as water rises.
Only raindrops
slide down my cheeks.