The Rain

You abandoned me, and then the rain came. The cold sank into my bones, as the raindrops mingled with my tears. And the door of my heart shut itself at the sight of you, smiling, just the day before. And as I fell to my knees, before the ghost of your laughter, which now lived only in the memories of my shattered heart, one single question danced in my mind, to the rhythm of the rain: Why?