it's been raining all day and i can't help but feel sad
i used to love rainy days
i would spend them cuddled under my favorite quilt reading my favorite book with a mug of my mother's raspberry tea
but when i found you that changed
along with everything else in my life
you would pick me up in the crappy car your father had gifted you for your sixteenth birthday. it was falling apart but you still loved it
you always had loved broken things
maybe that's why you loved me
anyways, we wouldn't go anywhere really. we would just drive
i would sit in the passenger seat and watch as the droplets of water raced down the window; only to be terminated once they reached the finish line
that was the day that old thing finally bit the dust
we were passing that frozen yogurt shop (you know the one that had closed a year before because someone found out they had mice?) and it just stopped
no forewarning
not one final sputter
the the ol' thing just gave up
we tried calling for help but i'd forgotten my phone and your dad wasn't answering
i was upset. cowering in my seat even though i had nothing to be scared of
after all, you were with me
that was when you said my name, your eyes lighting up
you jumped out of the car and, despite my protests, yanked me out with you
i stomped my foot and called you every name i could think of, but you wouldn't let me go until i promised to dance with you
you were always a little cheesy like that
it was a warm day and the rain felt good so i agreed
we spent who knows how long out there dancing to the music simply in our minds
gamboling through the puddles
exchanging hurried wet kisses
we must've looked crazy
when we got back in the car you realized that your father had already returned your call
he picked us up shortly thereafter, only making one comment about our soaked selves
we left your car there as it was worth nothing and we all knew it was gone for good
you told me you were fine with it, but i know it made you sad
and i can't help but feel like that ol' car
you left me
not dead, but broken
still broken
i thought you loved broken things
