Monsoon Magic!

As the sun bids farewell to its fiery reign, the clouds clutter around the golden sky painted with warm hues of orange to electric blue. Thunder rumbles with satisfaction, stretching its destructive veiny arms over the city as the grey sheets of cotton candy gobble up the sizzling sphere. The silvery threads of the clouds shower the earth with the delicate teardrops from heavens above, heralding the onset of monsoon. The aroma of petrichor fills our nostrils as the shrivelled-up trees awake from their slumber, glimmering brightly in their green hues.

The dust-laden pavements bask in the cool ambience of the monsoon as the cracked soil like ancient pottery-like soil of the summer become murky. On the pavements, people with umbrella bloom like the stream of flowers on the now lush bushes. Raincoat cloaked people shiver as the raindrops evoked cold goosebumps on their skins, feeling the liquid slip past their fingers after touching anything. In the heart of the city, the enticing aroma of ‘chaat’, hot ‘chai’ and ‘parokads’ blends with the petrichor as the animated conversations of the customers is hushed down by the peltering rain. Raindrops trickled down the procrastinating leaves, rolling onto the asphalt of the pavement, creating fleeting strokes of art like the brush of a painter on a blank canvas.

The beauty of the monsoon does not overwhelm the melancholy note of melody that seeks to bring justice to the suffering caused by this wet season. As the teardrops of heaven cascade down like gentle streams of a drizzle, it does not hide the quivering bird, soaring low to seek shelter. As the tapestry of raindrop on the pavement mesmerized the human eyes, it does not conceal the lone stray dog seeking shelter in the shaded cervices of the street. As the aroma of the street food lures around the vicinity, it does not hide the longing eyes of the homeless, completely soaked and completely shattered. In life’s vast canvas, myriad shades entwine yet the tender ache of some creatures and emotions, like an elusive lover, cannot be covered.