Kiss the Rain...
I am obsessed with that song lately,,, its really old and sort of obscure but I love it nevertheless. Just as the rain came down in sheets this afternoon it also shifted into this fine misty rain in which the idea of the song completely made sense. I wanted to close my eyes and just lift my face and let it be covered...
The beauty of melancholy.
I remember from Miss Wilks AP English that rain scenes are always those of purification and redemption. My favorite: Holden Caulfield in Catcher on the merry-go-round with his sister Phoebe. And then there are the more obvious like that in Breakfast at Tiffany's... but it's true. There is something so cleansing about the rain.
As I stood there "Kissing the Rain" today I realized how much I have grown, how some hurts fade into that quiet nagging pain in the pit of your stomach and never quite go away. Yet we move on slowly, gingerly, until one day you realize that it has been 7 months and you have survived the whirlwind, the heartbreak, a psychotic roomate, 2 moves, and a 4 month job search. Throughout all of which you've gotten strong and independent and maybe even a little more careful about who you trust your heart with.
Life is good. I hope it is with you too.
The beauty of melancholy.
I remember from Miss Wilks AP English that rain scenes are always those of purification and redemption. My favorite: Holden Caulfield in Catcher on the merry-go-round with his sister Phoebe. And then there are the more obvious like that in Breakfast at Tiffany's... but it's true. There is something so cleansing about the rain.
As I stood there "Kissing the Rain" today I realized how much I have grown, how some hurts fade into that quiet nagging pain in the pit of your stomach and never quite go away. Yet we move on slowly, gingerly, until one day you realize that it has been 7 months and you have survived the whirlwind, the heartbreak, a psychotic roomate, 2 moves, and a 4 month job search. Throughout all of which you've gotten strong and independent and maybe even a little more careful about who you trust your heart with.
Life is good. I hope it is with you too.