Spring Rain

The winter had been rough on the man. Cold gusts of loneliness whipped stinging shards of bitterness against his mind. His thoughts struggled through thick, grey drifts of depression that froze his emotions and injected a slow flowing sense of despair into his veins. His heart became silent and retreated from the hopelessness that was pursuing it. The man was slipping into a soundless black void.
Then the winds stopped.
A timid Spring arose and took tentative steps across the landscape. Silently, life raised the dead. But, the man did not notice. He was beaten down, uncaring. Spring moved faster and gaining in strength, sent healing tears down to lift up the despondent souls that ached for redemption. yet, the man moved lethargically, bent forward under the weight of his mind’s sadness…and still, the rain came down.
Finally, the man’s season of suffering drove him beyond the brink.  He reached an insurmountable wall of melancholy and in a final moment of anguish he ran into the unrelenting rain. He started his pickup, stomped the gas pedal, and charged headlong into the pounding torrent, blind with desperation. Sliding, swerving, swearing, he plunged deeper into the river of exploding droplets that assaulted his windshield. The deluge taunted, challenged, and pulled him along until the man was crazy with an anger that he did not understand.
Then the rains stopped.
The man slammed on his brakes and looked about him. He knew this area, this street…this home. He was parked in front of his ex-lover’s house. Memories of their rise up to the heavens and then their fall down into the gutters of regret caused the man to shake uncontrollaby.
As the truck idled softly he saw a silhouette move to the edge of the front room window and peek through the curtain. He held his breath, not knowing what to do. For a long, tense moment the silhouette contemplated his vehicle…then stepped away from his view.
Then the door opened.
Then the two embraced.
Then the Spring Rain…began singing a gentle melody…and love was born anew.
Take care.