The first theme that comes to my mind when reading this poem is the waiting. Throughout the entire poem, Levine is waiting hours for something that he will never get. Maybe he relates this to life, how sometimes it just seems like you're wasting time going after nothing. In the waiting, Levine begins to miss his brother, and thinks about how long it's been since the two have talked. In the last lines of the poem, he says that to show love to your brother is work. For me, work has a bit of a double-meaning in this poem. For one thing, to work is not to wait. To work is not to spend your days mindlessly shuffling around hoping things will get better. As for the second, to work is to not take your family, friends, and relationships for granted. When the rain falls, which I guess would mean when bad things happen, Levine realizes just how much he wants to see his brother, to tell him that he loves him. To express that affection, according to Levine, is work. Overall, the message I get from this poem is to take life into your own hands. Don't just go through your regular routine or wait around every day, just hoping things will get better. Keep your friends and families close, because you'll never know when tragic things happen, and you'll need them. Do work.
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