"Wait!" He ran out into the storm, as his jacket began to immediately drop from the downpour.

I whirled around, my drenched hair smacking the side of my face. "What?" I yelled over the thunder. I didn't want to hear what he had to say, but I did at the same time.

He took a few steps toward, until his face was close to mine. He took in a deep breath. "I love you," he whispered.

I looked into his brown eyes, which were genuine and apologetic.

I wanted to say, "I love you too," but my brain knew better so it shut my ears as I ran away in the rain.

the silence was unbreakable

my question hung in the air

a fog so thick

I could barely glimpse

his intake of breath

my heart wanted to know

what he had to say

but my brain knew better

so it shut my ears

as I ran away in the rain

You kept saying you're sorry and that things will get better. You said that this storm would pass. You think you can calm this raging sea between us. That you can stop the endless rain that is streaking are cheeks with bloodshed. Oh, how I wanted to believe it but my brain knew better so it shut my ears as I ran out in the rain.

He ran after me in the pouring, drenching wet. And he told me that he loved me. That he couldn't live without me. I was his life, his light, his world.

I'd yearned for years to hear those words from him. After all my years of waiting, longing for him to love me in return, my heart wanted nothing more than to believe.

But my brain knew better, so I shut my ears as I ran away in the rain.