I've had just enough time to... love rainy days
Taken from my office just before a storm...
Even as a
child, I loved storms and I loved rains. No matter how violent the winds blasted
and rattled. How they pushed against the windows like a wild animal trying to
get in, I was never afraid. I was afraid of a lot of things but never a storm.
I treated it like a loud friend who dropped in suddenly, unannounced, but who
brought excitement to the dull existence of a monotone life.
I loved how
the hawkers scrambled, how the housewives rushed to retrieve clothings still
hanging on the lines, how the dogs barked impotently at a threat it cannot
comprehend and how the smarter cat with a meow disappeared to the safest hiding
place. I loved how the first few drops of rain dissipated into a mist after
just a momentarily imprint on the hot paved road. Or how the light reddish
brown laterite soil first took on a deeper tone, and then run off to be the
first to form a puddle.
I loved the
raindrops splashing against the window, how they run down like the tears of a
broken heart. I loved how the coconut tree swayed its branches like a dancer in
wild abundance, high above the other leafy trees that released their leaves to
the wind. I loved the sound of a million chatters. The pitch according to whom
they spoke to; the zinc roof, the paved
road or the monsoon drain. I loved the cool, moisture laden wind that brought
relief against the heat. I’m happiest and saddest during the life of a storm.
The sight,
sound and feel of the storm are now different for me. But I still love the
storm and the rain.
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The happiest rain song of my youth -
雨中即景 - 刘文正
