Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rain.

It's been raining the past couple of days and I love it. There is something about the rain that makes me feel so happy. Hearing the thunder and watching lightning light up my room somehow helps me put things in perspective. Granted the roads are flooded in the morning but it pales in comparison to the beauty of the rain.  Every night I sleep with the curtains drawn open. Lighting continues to flash and I don't sleep for ages.

In the morning I wake up to bright, unadulterated sunlight pouring in through my windows. Seeing all this gives me some kind of hope. Seeing all the plants washed clean makes me feel that you can start over. 

During Ramadhan I stay awake till around 5.30 am to pray fajr (morning prayers) and I never sleep till I see day break from my window, every single day. To actually see the night become day is so magical. And it isn't sudden  or abrupt. Morning comes very gradually, very elegantly. The sun is in no hurry to come out of the clouds. Everything is so serene. The dark night becomes an intense shade of grey. Then the grey has just a tinge of blue. In a few minutes, a dash of orange is added. The orange gets brighter, gradually and finally the sun comes out shining happily.

Just watching this play unfold scene by scene, every single day without a hitch gives me a feeling that everything is going to be okay.

I can fret and fume and agonize about the future as much as I want to, but I know that in the end I will find what I've been looking for and then, everything will be okay.

2 comments:

CookieCrumbsInc. said...

Some of us turn to food, some of us to friends and some of us to God.

It's beautiful that you turn to dawn:)

Zarine Mohideen said...

:) you should watch day break. Then you'll know what I'm talking about!