Rain

It’s been raining all day today. I love rain. For a lot of people it’s a nuisance. For my mum it means that she can’t put the washing out. For my dad it means he can’t run errands. People get all hot and bothered about it. It’s just water for God’s sake. It’s just water falling from the skies. Sitting inside, I love to watch it as it hits the window panes. Seeing it slide down the glass blurring the outside world always makes me feel like I am in a special place; where I am away from the outside world where I can get lost in my thoughts and feel safe. It has a very dreamy quality to it. As I sit in my room revising for my exams I stop and appreciate it. It brings a smile to my face. I can hear it hammering on the roof and it’s such a beautiful sound. Not quite like the movies where the rain is pouring heavily and a couple are making love inside their house by a log fire as they hear it hitting the tin roof with Norah Jones playing in the background but it’s still special to me. It is like washing away the old and when it stops it leaves behind this damp, heavy cloggy air and everything feels different. It’s like waking up on a new day leaving the old day behind. It’s a new time and things will be different.