Bathroom Window

By Stephen Kagarise

Metallic rain
batters against the flat rooftops
threading down through
villa gaps, spiked crosswise
machine gun-like
by gas exhaust vents.

Grim Sunday, beginning fair –
buoyant clouds set in blue
relief, a day of sun, till no sun
could be seen, behind
the thickening matte of gray.

The sky’s outburst
stops, as quickly as begun
but still the world darkens
as the sun, defeated
lets the day end without it.

Photo by Trust “Tru” Katsande on Unsplash

The Author
Stephen Kagarise has been busy the past two years hiking and biking around Korea. But when he can’t get outside, he occasionally glances out the window at the mountains and sky, thanks to a clutch gap between the neighboring villas.