Meanings

The rain could mean a lot of things. It might
mean that we've caught a cold front, or that this
is the End. Any number of possibilities.
At the moment, there’s water leaking
into my train car through a tiny gap
near the floor. Even though we’re moving,
the rain—that clever creature—is finding
a way into our hearts, or at the very least
our shoes. I know that the storm is nothing
in comparison to what it is south, but
there is something awful and damply true
in the tiny leak that I am watching
here in my corner of the train. It means
the thoughts I've been having about endings
will wet my heart and my shoes no matter
how fast I think that I’m moving.