Rains

You always brought a smile on my face.

Your arrival meant beginning to a new phase.

I remember as you sneaked in with the beginning of each school year ...

Drenching us in your purity,

Making us dance and laugh all the while drizzling cheer

Playing with the Light outside

Sparking our imagination with one and every thunderous strike

Your audacity well praised and cursed all at the same time.

The smell of new books, friends, memories mixed with your petrichor intoxicating.

You made me wait to meet my crush anticipating .

I hopelessly wanted to hide my tears in you after my first heartbreak.

I needed your pitter-patter comfort when I took the big step.

Then came a time when I had to leave my family & you behind.

I still came back in time of your return only to find,

As if nothing had changed

When there was nothing left that now I recognized

The nostalgia lingers even when you are gone

And I know you will always return for lovers like me whether I stay or not.