rain walks

sometimes a walk in the rain is all you need to feel alive to walk when its cloudy out and the silence before the storm nips against your skin if it weren’t Mother Nature herself I’d say the silence feels unnatural a suppression of sound like every living thing is told, “ hide, the rain is coming ” the same type of suppressed silence that comes with snow when it layers everything in its white flakes and the world begins to feel asleep sometimes a walk in the rain is all you need to feel alive to walk briskly as the sky softly rumbles knowing when you look up, no matter how gray the clouds might appear, high enough up there are blue skies so clear to walk with your eyes peeled ready to see the first droplet of rain only to hear it first before it touches your skin or comes in your sight the light pitter patter that’s only drowned out by the abrupt chainsaw sound you hear from a nearby neighbor only making the walk more ominous but also energized sometimes a walk in the rain in the final moments as you reach your house is all you need to be reminded that you are alive you are here being drenched as rain tries to get in your eyes but is blocked out by your hat since for some reason you’re usually wearing one on your walks sometimes a walk in the rain is all you need to feel rejuvenated cleansed awakened and most importantly.... alive. sometimes we don’t realize how much we’re just walking through life until certain experiences arrive at our doorstep and wake us up again.

| Safiya Khan