I love the rain

I love the smell of the air when it pours. I like the way it affects everybody. I love how it makes people share an umbrella, or maybe even make lovers cuddle up a little closer as they walk along. I like how it makes everything hot taste so much better. I like getting to wear a jacket. I love the feel of little drops hitting me on the head. I like how it makes people forget their personal bubbles when they have to share a shade. I love the conversations when you're stuck in the house. I like the way it washes away everything. I like the flow of water downstream, and how it reminds me of paper boats. I like the way it changes peoples plans. I like the way the drops on asphalt look like a thousand fluttering butterflies. I like how it makes that road glow from the halogen lamps. I like wearing boots that make a splash when I walk. I like drying up my feet when I get home. I like how it reminds me of fonder memories. I like how it makes me want to run. I love how sometimes it makes me see my breathing. I love the rhythmic sound it makes against everything. I like the thought of it seeeping through every little crack, how it always finds some way in. I love the way it makes me want to lie in bed to sleep, or hug my pillow ("pillow" being the codeword for the girl of my dreams:P) I like the ripples it makes on a pond or in the beach. I like how it paints the sky in a cool gray. I love how it makes the turtles in our backyard come out to play. I like how it brings a family of sparrows together. I like how it makes the dead brook by our house come alive again. I like how our dog seems to ponder where all the water is coming from. I like the way you can make droplets fall off the trees by shaking them off. I love having to turn on the wipers on the car. I like how it makes the kids come out and play in the streets. I love how it's a way for people to start talking to one another. I love how it calms me down.

I am quite happy that it's finally been raining once again.

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"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest." - Henry David Thoreau