sunshine & rainbows

s/he waits for the next storm
silently in her/his dwelling
alone, without decision, without
fear, without any sense of
meaning (as others may pretend to
walk about with)---
s/he does this because when the
storm comes, it destroys, it
brings the extravagance of the few
down to the level of the many
& in doing so, it makes way for
something else---s/he knows that
at this point in time something else
is better than everything else &
in that,
a unique moment of clarity is
attained.

the storm may be physical, it
may stem from the environment
around said individual---
it may also come from within
a tornado of emotions convulsing
together in the attempt to break
down the person from within whom they
roam inside.

the storm ends, like all storms, as s/he
knows there is no permanent pain
because pain itself loses its bite once you
get used to it---from this point s/he knows
that only something different can follow &
however horrible the nature of everything
that bogs said individual down may be,
s/he knows that with each battle overcome,
the strength within only thickens,
the ability to survive any kind of calamity
(no matter where it comes from) only
greatens.

the coming storm outweighs all sunshine &
rainbows, because it promises change.