falling from the spiral staircase onto the cobbled tiles
the shallow puddles forming and the consistent drip drip dripping
makes ripples in the water, small rings spreading out quickly
rings of life flowing out, growing and dying in a heart beat
one after another one on top of the other
I feel the dripping in my ears, on my heart a constant tension
my eardrums fill with rain and I'm drowning in silence
stress floats to the surface and breaks into ripples, tapped on the shoulder by the droplets of water
stress coming up and falling from my eyes to join the rain
adding more and more to those shallow pools until I'm sure they'll overflow and form one large pool
rings and rings form, first small and then instantly spreading out, pushing away
letting go is the hardest thing to do
the pain rises up up to the surface and flows down my cheek to join the pools on the cobbled tiles
letting go of pain, regret, of longing, longing for dear friends, for loved ones
longing for love and letting old love go, sending them all away with the ripples
pushing out further and further but always having a center
within all those rings
