The rain is here

It came down as a deluge

Flooding our dry land

I ran outside to feel it, taste it, and smell it

Petrichor

Do you remember that word?

It’s one of my favorites.

It’s been so long since I’ve been able to experience it

The earth has been hot

And the contrast of cold, wet sky meeting dry, hot land was intoxicating

He startled me, appearing behind me as I was soaking up the sight

“We need to get these things out of the rain.”

I ran down to our shed, getting soaked along the way

He was waiting for me as I ran back to the house dripping wet, cold and shivering.

“You’re all wet.”

I’m only wearing a thin shirt that no longer hides me.

I thought he may embrace me, warm me, but he walked right by.

As he passed, I thought I might cry.

There goes my heart again.

I’m ashamed to say that I next thought of you.

You’d never let me pass you by.

And just like that, I blinked my eyes

And the rain had come to an end.