Love like the rain

Drowns your burns in a soothing embrace, calming down the fire prickling under my skin

I love you how I love the rain
Soaking me down to my bones
Calming the burns I hold within
The world might call it acidic
But they don't know
That loving you makes it easier not to fake it
I love how you wash down on me
Putting out the scorching pain
At least for the time being

And when they ask,
"What's in it for you?"
They don't know how
Your smile is why I want to wake up the next day
It's easy to call me "crazy!"
Disregard how it's only the
Soft crinkle of your eyes,
The sound of your laughter
Things so simple, so mundane
That make breathing not so hard of a feat,
Softly shushing the incessant screaming in my head

And maybe they will never know
Why I love you how I love the rain
For loving you makes me want to love me too