Suddenly This Rain

“I went to bed and woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard someone cry, thinking I myself was weeping, and I felt my face and it was dry. Then I looked at the window and thought: Why, yes, it's just the rain, the rain, always the rain, and turned over, sadder still, and fumbled about for my dripping sleep and tried to slip it back on.”
~

Ray Bradbury, Green Shadows, White Whale

“Suddenly this defeat.
This rain.
The blues gone gray
And the browns gone gray
And yellow
A terrible amber.
In the cold streets
Your warm body.
In whatever room
Your warm body.
Among all the people
Your absence
The people who are always
Not you.
I have been easy with trees
Too long.
Too familiar with mountains.
Joy has been a habit.
Now
Suddenly
This rain.”
~

Jack Gilbert

"..and somewhere in her mind it's always raining a slow and endless drizzle."

~

Neil Gaiman

“Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.”
 ~

Emily Wing Smith, Back When You Were Easier to Love 

Calcutta is raining, but I hope the sun is shining on you somewhere
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keep warm till next time