sad.song for a rainy.day

word.of.the.day:
lachrymose - suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

my current view from my window:

i've always insisted that i look forward to rainy days and savor the depth of emotion i feel when i walk through the somber raindrops or peer through a window's rain-soaked tear tracks. just as a sad, tortured song can evoke more emotion in me than a happy melody can produce--a clouded melancholy day stirs up more feelings than a bright sunny day ever could. it is for this reason that my favorite songs are often heavy, sorrowful, lachrymose songs. because sometimes, to feel more is to feel alive...

poem.for.the.day:
henry wadsworth longfellow - the rainy day

the day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
it rains, and the wind is never weary;
the vine still clings to the moldering wall,
but at every gust the dead leaves fall,
and the day is dark and dreary.

my life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
it rains, and the wind is never weary;
my thoughts still cling to the moldering past,
but the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast
and the days are dark and dreary.

be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
thy fate is the common fate of all,
into each life some rain must fall,
some days must be dark and dreary.

song.of.the.day:
one of my favorite songs of all time was covered by the late eva cassidy, an incredibly talented blues/jazz voice who left this world far too young at 33, a result of melanoma. though i've heard her version of 'autumn leaves' more than a hundred times, it never fails to stir up my soul.

song.of.the.day - eva cassidy - autumn leaves