There is a cliché that is particularly worn out in my family. It says, "When it rains, it pours." It means heartache doesn't generally fall with a single drop of rain, but rather with sheet after sheet of heavy down-pour.
It's pouring in Japan.
It started with an earthquake. But that's not when the rain ends.
The earthquake caused a tsunami that destroyed thousands of homes and washed entire families out to sea. Yet the rain still doesn't cease.
The tsunami caused a massive nuclear meltdown.
The Rain continues...
Japan is still in turmoil. These disasters have caused hundreds of smaller tremors throughout the nation, some of which the repercussions we have yet to see.
--On the PLNU campus, we are undergoing major construction. The work has affected everyone on campus, and the school is buzzing with irritation at the increased struggle to find parking and the lack of hot water for showers and laundry.
Japan would be so lucky,
if their greatest turmoil was cold showers or
having no place to park.
In Japan, the skies
pour down
Heartache
like Rain.
Nicely done. Can you play with the different types of "rain" you are describing in the disasters? Maybe just subtle nuances to the words you use?
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