i felt a raindrop trickle down my worn out cap then slowly drip onto my earlobe, its freezing molecules sending chills down every bone in my body. the numbness i felt now emasculated any attempt i made to move a single sinew, even if it was to engender some sort of signal to warm my shivering body.
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the wind blew fiercely in my face as if it was in a battle to prove its agility to humankind on behalf of mother nature; the supple sounds it provoked in collision with the neigbourhood bricks of buildings and lackadaisical motor vehicles were antagonistic unlike those that run through the rusticity.
impossible, i thought, as i watched more droplets of rain fall upon the scattered autumn leaves on the pavement. the 3 o'clock sun shone brightly from the west and the figure of my demure shadow largely visible on the other side. i glanced at peppy who appeared completely apathetic of my befuddlement towards the weather, still adulated by the bushes of dirt he had just pissed on.
impossible, i thought, as i watched more droplets of rain fall upon the scattered autumn leaves on the pavement. the 3 o'clock sun shone brightly from the west and the figure of my demure shadow largely visible on the other side. i glanced at peppy who appeared completely apathetic of my befuddlement towards the weather, still adulated by the bushes of dirt he had just pissed on.
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the thought of lifting up his tangled leash, of which was in potential danger of suffering stains of lubricant, was a great fraught on its own but i eventually managed to pull the sleeves of my oversized jumper so that it covered my icy fingertips and turned around.
the frame of view i so suddenly came to see left me completely awestruck. each breath i took was stolen from me as my feet stood rooted to the ground; my enitre self paused in captivation. rays of sunlight protruded through the yellow and red leaves of the dominating tree as tiny rain drops fluttered weightless from the sky, in a form of micro snow flakes barely touching the earth, leaves falling in slow-motion, sanguine and fearless, like in a Disney movie.
a gush of thoughts ran through all corners of my dusty mind; a wave of contrition for my act of stupidity, for my selfishness, for my egocentric despondence. a revelation dawned upon me. i needed to adjust things, to restore rightness.
i lifted my arms and poised my fingers into shapes of opposite collumns, and clicked.
i had taken the perfect picture and stored it in my heart.
it lasted a whole 5 seconds and then it disappeared as quickly as it arrived, the psuedo-like image perished into thin air. yet i smile. i caught a glimpse of that perfect picture. as the clouds procured its remonstrant self, i tugged on peppy's collar and began my first steps back to the house, of which have obtained a somewhat jovial spring to them. because i knew what would follow this enigmatic act of nature, something that needn't the brains of david attenborough to figure out.
i knew that a rainbow would soon form.
the frame of view i so suddenly came to see left me completely awestruck. each breath i took was stolen from me as my feet stood rooted to the ground; my enitre self paused in captivation. rays of sunlight protruded through the yellow and red leaves of the dominating tree as tiny rain drops fluttered weightless from the sky, in a form of micro snow flakes barely touching the earth, leaves falling in slow-motion, sanguine and fearless, like in a Disney movie.
a gush of thoughts ran through all corners of my dusty mind; a wave of contrition for my act of stupidity, for my selfishness, for my egocentric despondence. a revelation dawned upon me. i needed to adjust things, to restore rightness.
i lifted my arms and poised my fingers into shapes of opposite collumns, and clicked.
i had taken the perfect picture and stored it in my heart.
it lasted a whole 5 seconds and then it disappeared as quickly as it arrived, the psuedo-like image perished into thin air. yet i smile. i caught a glimpse of that perfect picture. as the clouds procured its remonstrant self, i tugged on peppy's collar and began my first steps back to the house, of which have obtained a somewhat jovial spring to them. because i knew what would follow this enigmatic act of nature, something that needn't the brains of david attenborough to figure out.
i knew that a rainbow would soon form.
to my mum,
thank you. i love you with all my heart and soul.
XOXO
