The Hail Storm in my Garden
Was working late last night on my computer and was suddenly distracted by the cracking thunderous lightening’s.Without warning the howling wind snapped the power supply and drowned the whole place in eerie darkness only to show glimpse of split secs day light by the lightning’s following the thunder claps.
It was mysterious and enthralling as brief periods of total silence shattered by the deafening claps of the clouds in which things appeared before the eyes and then melting into the darkness as if I was opening my eyes and shutting it though like in a theatre on stage with curtains falling down.
Suddenly the gusty wind rose in its force against any space available reaching a crescendo. All around the windows were rattling against its thrust….I was like in panic , fearing it may break the glasses……….the curtains were suspended horizontally in the air as if pointing towards something in the blowing wind
All of a suddenly i jumped out at the sounds all around me……..it was as if someone was throwing stones at my home I rushed out to check but couldn’t see any one. then in the streaks of lightening saw the wall clock it was 12:45 am
There was silence and I started collecting my nerves
Then it began again
There were actually something hitting all over the place with loud sounds……..
I went out in the open in my garden…………….suddenly was hit by something cold and solid and it fell all over the place….some went into my shirt and i could feel the cold icy invisible fingers tickling me from the inside.
The realized …….its THE HAIL STORM
Pieces of ice crystal droplets were falling every where one that feel in front of me later was as big as the palm . I picked some and put it in my mouth.
AHA !!! what a feeling ………….the purest form of water .straight from the heavens into my mouth………….I kept my mouth wide open for some time and i caught few more directly in the mouth. It was GREAT !!!!
Then the gushing wind brought torrents of rain
I rushed in
But was Shivering with this experience and fully excited.
After many many many many years something happened in bangalore ………….Bringing back my Child hood experience.
At BIR (Himalayas) i tasted the purest form of water flowing the earth and here i drank from the heavens…..
AHAH !!! AHAH
As the intensity of rain fall increases each drop falling on the leaves, the branches, the grass, the window, on the empty buckets each were performing “JUGALBAANDI ” of classical music………….
Then at every community of puddle that the every rain drops merge to form I jumped into it with my bare feet, watching the plash all around drowning in my own gleeful laughter.
Then I stood in the rain in the middle of the garden with my arms open to the sky embracing it in love that this excitement has started turbulently overflowing in my heart bursting forth. With my eyes closed Feeling the heavenly kisses of the rain all over me in breathlessness of the heightening of excitement.
I opened my eyes and in the streak of the lightening then i see the Sky glittering and sparkling in the chandelier of diamonds as the rain drops rushed to greet the earth
Went i finally went to be my heart was full
Today morning I felt so strange and beautiful
As if I was imprisoned in the neither world and it seems I am reborn as the sensitive sunlight illuminated the sleepy earth I felt like a mother who sees her lovely baby blissfully asleep in the cradle and then watching the baby sleepily open the eyes and the mother awaits the smile that is worth all the pain of wait
Just now have begun a new journey through my heart and I cannot express enough in words of my joy……..So i have shared this experience with you all
Don’t know if you can actually feel through words what I am feeling right now ……………..
(the pictures were shared by my friend Sunil Jain)
