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raindrops

I hear the raindrops slowly run
Gently down the windowpane,
In the West, last rays of un
Fade in heavy winter rain

Running down against their will,
Fighting battles they can’t win,
Dying the windowsill,
Breathless, joyless, lifeless then.

Yet as I watch the raindrops weave,
A flash is seen out in the night,
A crack of light in dark’s reprieve,
A bolt of lightning shining bright

A life so short,
Yet not so dull,
A sharp report,
And then a lull,

As if the raindrops softly pause,
Considering the flash of light,
Then fall to earth and in Death’s jaws,
Consumed, forget the flash so bright.

Yet in Death’s grip, the bolt is free
No longer tortured by mortal pain,
It leaves a scar upon a tree,
That drank up a million drops of rain.

And as I think of that smoking stain,
Left forever in the tree,
Is it better to be a drop of rain,
Or live as lightning: brief, but free?
©2007-2009 ~Californianinja
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A poem I wrote for the Lodi Academy Reflections Literary Magazine my freshman year. The graphic was made by the incomparable Tasogare51.

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:icontasogare51:
Wow, thanks for using my image.

I think this poem is still as awesome as when I first read it over a year ago.
:iconcalifornianinja:
I submitted it for the Artifact, a monthly newsletter that Khuyen is working with. I said she should contact you if she wanted to use your image.

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Quicquid bene dictum est, ab ullo meum est.
:icontasogare51:
She sent me a PDF of the first issue of The Artifact, because I submitted one of my blog-rants (entitled "Good Teachers") for it.

I certainly wouldn't mind if she used more of my stuff.
:iconcalifornianinja:
Oh, right. I read that in your blog. Water, Russia and Ayn Rand, right?

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Quicquid bene dictum est, ab ullo meum est.
:icontasogare51:
Yep. I'm sure you can figure out who I referred to with those examples.

I reworded my rant a bit for The Artifact since it actually has an audience I could target...whereas the only people who have read my blog are you, Khuyen, and a couple others.

Although, I occasionally get hits from random places like New Jersey, usually from people searching on Google a girl named Jasmine Singh who got arrested for hacking.
:iconcalifornianinja:
Yeah, I bet. You're infamous, you are. Whereas, if you google my name, the first thing that comes up is a profile on an african-american architect website.

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Quicquid bene dictum est, ab ullo meum est.
:icontasogare51:
My name is so distinctly Indian that I seldom see things like that. Although, on page six of Google's image search, there's a picture of Gordon Moore...

The reason my blog turns up on the first page of Google is because I used code that was optimized for search engine spiders. The fact that Blogger was bought by Google a few years ago, might also have something to do with it, too.
:iconcalifornianinja:
Search engine spiders...? They sound like some kind of robotic dystopian kill-droids, or something.

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Quicquid bene dictum est, ab ullo meum est.
:icontasogare51:
I wish they were that interesting, but all they do is look through webpages for keywords and such.

However, to those who think that Google is taking over the world and will bring us to a dystopia, they might agree with your statement.

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