What to do when it rains.

It's raining out right now. Soft tiny raindrops that kind of float around before hitting the ground. The grass is all wet and cool, while the air is a little warm and sticky. One of the best things to do in this kind of weather is walk around outside barefoot. It's late and dark, so you're not distracted by lights and daytime noises. If you just stand there and close your eyes, things seem so...... calm. It's almost like I'm in my own world. Wet feet, misty hair and all standing in a place apart from what I deal with everyday. No stress, no worries, nothing but me and the night time silence. The only word that I can think of to describe it is beautiful.

Part of it is due to the fact that a storm rolled through earlier. I love the large storms, they make things feel cleaner when they're over. It's odd that I feel the same about the chaos of the storm and it's calm aftermath. I could say that it represents the duality in me and in everyday life. Well, part of that may be true, but I think that it's just the rain. It's wet and fresh, bringing with it a sweet smell of damp earth that lasts for hours after the rain ends.

It may seem a bit ironic that I'm talking about standing outside in the rain while I'm sitting at the computer, but rest assured that I spent plenty of time outside before this. However, there comes a time when one must return to the indoors. So I shall sit and await the next rain, and when it comes I'll go outside and get soaked just for the fun of it. Then I'll stand there and visit my own little place for a bit before returning to the real world.