the wanderer

in the rain she came with a lantern, glowing and filling the empty space between you and the stifling darkness. velvet towels became your swaddling clothes and warmth erupted from the ice within, the frozen hidden secrets. the protected shivering you inside yourself cracked and melted into the rain. She pulled you up and as you stood there, even in the lantern's light there was only a mask to be seen. hiding. Only answering few questions, she started on her way back again, flowing robes barely gracing the cobblestone walkway. She shed a tear and it fell with the rain and she was gone. You have been searching rainy streets in the dark of night ever since. But she only came when you were lost. yet nobody could ever find her to save her.