Ever woken up hearing plink! plink! splash, drip drip drip, coming from the nearby window. Such a soothing sound. So quiet in your darkened room, snuggled under the coverlet. You lie there and listen . . . drip, slash, plink, plink, drip. It begins to have a rhythm . . . (three short plinks) . . . plink, plink, plink . . . (lower pitched) slash . . . (two shorts) . . . plink, plink, (and a plonk) . . . drip. It's been awhile since you've heard rain, such a comforting sound in a dry season.
In the early morning, you go to the window and look out, looking down on the garden plot. More splash, drip drip drip. This is a promising sound, saying: "Come on! Here we go!" . . . it promises things like "Go! Be green!" The promise of a future --"Go! Be fruitful". You hear it calmly rolling in waves of hopefulness. And whether it is a fruitful garden that you want, or it is a fruitful future life, the question today is: Do you believe that things are going to change and get "green"? Wondering what that "greenness" will look like? Visualizing a new beginning today . . .
Can you see it?
Beautiful prose! =)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I totally love that feeling of hearing the rain when I'm cosy in bed. As long as it's on the outside of the window of course - not when it's leaking into the house ;)
ReplyDeleteI love that sound of rain - especially on the roof .... it rocks me to sleep! I am happy to see green out in my yard!
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of rain at night but in the morning it sure makes it hard to get out of bed!
ReplyDeleteI totally love the pitter patter sound of rain in the early mornings...especially if I know I don't have to leave the house that day :)
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written!
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