Today had cloudless blue skies and heat you could see if you squinted. Stepping outside was like inviting the trickle of sweat to slide down your back- and not in a good way. The air simply would not move. And then... slowly, without warning, the skies turned to pencil tip gray and the wind whipped the leaves to and fro. The smell outside changed. You could sense the storm coming on wind-tips. And slowly... one by one, the rain drops started to fall. Huge droplets that smacked the pavement as they landed. And then... the sky paused, as if waiting for the rest of the storm to catch up before dropping a bucket of water on us... as if shutting a window in the dome above... But then! Then it happened! The deluge of smattering raindrops, splattering in huge gushes all over the sidewalk, the car... and me! I turned my face upward to catch them, each one magical and iridescent.
It was over by the time I reached home. Soothing soft drips slid down my cheeks as I walked to my door. The sky had turned whitish gray- the look it gets when the storm is not over, but you are assured it has partially passed. Wisps of gun metal were pushed away.... slowly, with effort. Until... in a short while, the wind will pick up again and the rain, thunder and lightning will return once more.
It was over by the time I reached home. Soothing soft drips slid down my cheeks as I walked to my door. The sky had turned whitish gray- the look it gets when the storm is not over, but you are assured it has partially passed. Wisps of gun metal were pushed away.... slowly, with effort. Until... in a short while, the wind will pick up again and the rain, thunder and lightning will return once more.
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