Raining Tears

As I awake to a dawn To a missing sun Clouded by the rain gods Akin to a celestial rain dance The city turned to sea Frolicking children in gay abandon Oblivious to the standstill in the city This is gonna be their day out As the strains of the ghazal Enrich the dullness that is present The mournful chanting with salted tears Is unseen in the rain soaked eyelids Awaiting the arrival of the sun To dry the tears washed away by the rain Searching for the silver lining in a cloudy life To a standstill this life has come