Rains still fascinate me!!

I remember as a kid I used to be totally fascinated by the rain. I would negotiate and argue and fight (depending on what might work) to get my mom to allow me to get wet in those rains even if it was just a drizzle. I would want to splash around and run in it or just stand feeling every drop on my body. Mom used to wake me up even at 3 am if it was raining and I would cuddle up against her and watch the downpour from the window. (The earliest I remember this is when I was probably 5 or 6.) The flash of light against the sky as if there was something wrong with the bulb and it kept flickering. The sleeping city and the thunder and rain and lightning in the background trying to wake it up, all of it would keep me up at any hour if only to see it. (I did think about getting wet but I know it when I’m fighting a lost cause!!)

(Though now that I think about it, I remember clearly that my entirely family went out in the middle of the night once just to get wet. I really have no clue what prompted us to do that.)

And I don’t think any of it has changed today as I continue to be fascinated by rains like a kid. The smell of the earth wafting by makes me feel close to the land like nothing else. (This only happens in India.) Everything seems to be brighter, fresher and cleaner like it’s a new beginning. Like we’ve wiped everything off the slate and we can create new stories and pictures. Or probably more like seeing that beneath the grime and the dust it’s not all that ugly. The leaves are really green and sky is always blue!! (do not argue on that one. The sky will always be blue!!) I expect to see a smile on every face I pass by and know that all’s well with the world. (I know all’s not well but a little optimism has never hurt anyone, now has it??) (See, now that is what the rain does to an occasional hopeless pessimist like me.)

I still want to feel every drop and smile and say every clichéd thing that has been said about rains and random beautiful sounding things or simply go yay!!! :D

YAY!! :D