My Pain My Rain

Rain drops aren't peaceful, they aren't calming, they aren't what they're said in poems; they have no good side. Arthur hates the rain, it rains in England too much. That's why he's gloomy most of the time, it's all America's fault he'd tell himself, a voice in his head would tell him it's his fault.
Why did Alfred leave? Was freedom more important than what they had?
Arthur cried on the nights the rain brought storms, he cried after dreaming of that one night...