“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
The day is damp and overcast. All the windows are closed. It’s dark in this room. The whole house has a Monday feeling about it. The weather forecast says dreary for most of the week.
I have always felt the coziest on dark, rainy days. I think it dates back to walking home from school in the rain and getting soaked. I’d run into the house, drop my books, hang my dripping coat then dash upstairs to change into warm clothes, sometimes even into my pajamas. If I had a good book, I’d nestled under the covers and read for a bit. My room, except for the light over the headboard of my bed, was dark. I could hear the rain from the window at the foot of my bed. I was warm and dry and happy.
On one vacation, in Maine, I remember a rainy day and a noisy cottage. I took my book, ran outside in the rain to the car and got in the back seat where I stretched out on my stomach and read all afternoon. The raindrops beat on the windows. They were the only sounds.
I remember sitting in school on rainy days. The lights were always lit. The room was quiet as if the rain had subdued us and our noise. Raindrops left rivulets as they fell on the long windows. Sometimes I’d follow one with my eyes until it narrowed and disappeared. The rustling of papers sounded loud. During silent reading, nobody fidgeted. I’d read with my head resting on my arms. Around the room, pages were turned, silently. No one wanted to disturb the quiet.
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October 4, 2010 at 12:38 pm
rain is truly a gift
the truest voices come from the rain
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
Langston Hughes
October 4, 2010 at 12:44 pm
splendid,
When I was looking, that was my favorite rain quote for the day. It fir perfectly.
October 4, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Since I live in a very rainy country I´m glad that I love rainy days 🙂 The sound on tin roofs are the best.
I also remember how it always were quiet in the class room on rainy days (or snowy) I always sat beside a window and a radiator and often drifted away in my own thoughts those days.
It´s been sunny and warm all day here but now the wind has come and it chills the cottage. The fire in the stove does its best to keep the cold air outside.
I´m moving to Word Press on Thursday. It was impossible to download any photos at all today. I already have a link in my blog and will continue to have one until I move. By the way, I was wrong about how much Bytes I could use in the blog! It´s 3GB nothing else 🙂
Have a great day now!
Christer.
October 4, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Christer,
I loved the sound of the tin roofs in Ghana. The only problem was I couldn’t teach with all the noise.
If I can help with WordPress in any way, let me know.
It stayed rainy and damp all day today.
October 5, 2010 at 12:41 am
“The rain is Tess …”
Cheers