THE FIRST RAIN DROP

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Drop of Life


 

Smell the dirt,

Feel the earth.

A new life is rising,

With a drop of water.


Shades of green,

Like a shade of joy.

Just sit silently,

And listen to the whistling boy.


Slow breeze hugging you tightly,

Foggy mountains saying politely.

Its monsoon dear,

Enjoy your childhood here.



                                      




Monsoon, a season of feelings… a season to feel fresh. Suddenly you feel like everything has changed, the air, the smell and green will become your favorite colour. It's the season to wet yourself, dance with musical water, let your inner child come out. I know many people hate rain not because they don't like it but because everything feels messed up, and we can't forget earthworms..... everywhere. Well I guess worms and snakes are some of the biggest reasons people are afraid of the monsoon.

But I love it...I love the sound of rain,I love to observe small little things taking place.Does it ever happen with you that as soon as you see this light rain a smile just struck your face, this smile is nothing but the stress coming out of you. This will bring a new change in your life, you will experience a lot of new things.  

Have you ever wondered that suddenly when it starts raining a new life comes to play, but when it rains in another season why the same thing never happens. Why everything we particularly see in the rainy season even though it rains in summer and winter too but the same thing never happens. That’s the reason that nature has control on each and everything. We have no idea that there’s so many things we see only and only in monsoon and the thing which I love the most is Fireflies….even though you are alone they will not let you feel like it, a dark night filled with fireflies all around you, what else you want to make your life a dream come true. But then you will get an annoying insect, they just leave their home with a full swarm...winged termites all over. Yeah they bother because next morning there are just wings and wings everywhere. Lots of insects, creatures will make your day and night musical, their upbeat and low beat will make your day. Fighting for mate and then calling for the mate is just an amazing view.  Fungi growing on dead wood, telling us that nothing goes waste in nature.  This is the reason I feel like a new life is taking place. A season which will make you feel like it should never end...this season will bring excitement in morning, explorer in afternoon and curiosity at night. 

 

 And all this happened when a drop of water made its first fall on earth and brought a new life.


                                                         


 
 

“Colors shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people wrapped in yellow looking like special spirits that were allowed to wander over the earth on rainy mornings only.” – Haruki Murakami



But the thing which I like and I am mad for is Landscape. Foggy mountains, waterfalls, bird mating calls, frogs croak, sound of water and that fresh feeling. I am always amazed that in summer the barren land which I saw everyday and does not expect it to flourish suddenly turn green in monsoon, that so many things are going under and they were preparing the whole year just for that drop of water which will signal them to come out, that now it's their turn to chill out. Everything in Nature is well coordinated. The only thing we have to do is sit and enjoy. The sunset is beautiful then ever, you can see fog moving slowly letting the sun to say goodbye.


 It's like a movie except you don't have to pay for it. The flower starts blooming,  trees get new shades of green dresses. Birds enjoy the morning parties of worms,storytelling of typewriter frogs and yes here one thing to enjoy the most is Malabar whistling thrush. 



 

                                                                                                                              

                                               
         
 
There are so many things which anyone can enjoy in Monsoon if they keep this feeling aside that the only thing they see is worms. Rain is a way to activate your soul, just see the real beauty beyond grey sky, you can share a lot just by looking at this beauty...no words needed. Let the love of sky reach to earth...let it rain!!!!


 

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