I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
I remembered a darkened doorway
Where we stood while the storm swept by,
Thunder gripping the earth
And lightning scrawled on the sky.
The passing motor busses swayed,
For the street was a river of rain,
Lashed into little golden waves
In the lamp light’s stain.
With the wild spring rain and thunder
My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night
Than your lips would ever say. . . .
I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
(Sara Teasdale)
More Poetry from Sara Teasdale:
- Did You Never Know? (Sara Teasdale Poems)
- It Will Not Change (Sara Teasdale Poems)
- The Ghost (Sara Teasdale Poems)
- I Am Not Yours (Sara Teasdale Poems)
- Longing (Sara Teasdale Poems)
- I Have Loved Hours At Sea (Sara Teasdale Poems)