Answer:
sure! Okay here is the poem:
Rainy days meant
Listening to the pitter-patter
of rain drops on rooftops.
Listening to the song
of the bird in the trees.
Listening and wondering,
Isn’t life beautiful?
Rainy nights meant
Listening to the snores
of my husband beside me
Listening to the thunder
that near drowns out those snores.
Listening and wondering,
Isn’t life beautiful?
Rainy morning meant
Listening to the quiet
of a sleeping world
Listening to the birds
come alive with their chirps,
Listening and wondering,
Isn’t life beautiful?
Rainy days meant
Listening to my daughter’s
shrieks of delight
Listening as she splashes
in the puddles beside us
Listening and wondering,
Isn’t life beautiful?
Rainy days mean
Listening to the painful memories
of my family now gone
Listening to the grief
welling deep inside me.
Listening and wondering,
Wasn’t life beautiful?
Rainy days mean
Listening to condolences
from my grieving friends
Listening to my internal ‘what ifs’
of deep regret
Listening and wondering,
Wasn’t life beautiful?
And- here is the paragraph:
This poem is connected to To Kill A Mockingbird because when Atticus tells Jem and Scout to ‘walk in someone’s shoes’ before judging them or being mean, this is walking in someone’s shoes. It’s the feeling of pity and compassion for someone else! Specifically for someone who lost their whole family and their love of life.
