Rubber-Ball-Banded, by Me

The rain
slaps
my windows
like it’s
the fight
of the century.
My bet
is on
the windows.
Some things
are made
to be strong,
not to break
and these things
deserve
some confidence.
I believe
in a you-and-me love,
a Sunday drive
that takes all afternoon,
and wooden dinosaurs
and thank-you cards.
All the little pieces
of you and me
that make a life -
my life -
into something
that cannot be broken,
not by highways,
not by silence,
not by rain.