://...anymore.

... nobody slow dances anymore.
nobody takes the time
to feel the grass leaves between their fingers anymore.
nobody looks up
and stare off into the distance anymore.

When was the last time
the people of Los Angeles
(or any big city)
has seen the Milky Way Galaxy--
the very same Galaxy they belong to with their own eyes and not in picture books but... out there?

When was the last time
you appreciated the rain
and not run away?

Or listen to silence, but I mean REAL silence! The only way city slickers can listen to this REAL silence is in a blackout when the electronic hum just... dissipates.

[MissyO]

Nice. I'm totally with you on the rain thing. Seriously, unless its an outright downpour, why the hell are people so scared of it? I love a light rain, and yeah I stand in it.

[Ophelia]

I love big heavy pelleting sheets of rain combined with gratuitous amounts of thunder and lightning.

[MissyO]

I find nothing more soothing than standing out in the rain when I'm desolate and need a spiritual clean. Dunno about a pelting, though....... But when you're inside and warm and have candles lit and a cup of tea and a book, best thing in the world is a gigantic thunder storm as background music.

[Ophelia]

yes, yes, yes and yes.

Originally Posted by Ophelia

yes, yes, yes and yes.

das right... (can we get some Barry White music up in here?!)

I can still remember walking home from Elementary on a stormy afternoon. The sidewalks would turn gray from the rain. That cold and familiar scent all around, the sound of the tires kicking up the water as cars passed by. Even though the Sun was gone, the green leaves seemed to intensify their colour as they stood out against everything else.

I had an umbrella shaped like an upside-down cup, transparent, and with a red rim. I would walk through the rain protected by this shield of tough plastic. The wind would make the drops sound as if they were pounding down fiercely.

Then I drew down that shield, gripped it in my hand, and as I was being drenched in rain, I took off laughing, splashing everywhere-- didn't care who was around. But I wasn't running away, I was ..happy. For that moment, I was genuinely happy.

[MissyO]

Originally Posted by ://.Phoenix.

That cold and familiar scent all around

See, I would call it "warm". My favourite smell in the world is that beautiful warm, sensual smell of those first few moments when rain falls, and it melts into that earth and they create that scent that is like the scent of the very essence of life. God I love that smell. Pure magic.

I can smell it right now. There's thick and heavy fog right outside, and it's cold.
Baby, I'm freezing. Can I get a hug from you? Keep me warm. Just keep me.

[MissyO]

Anytime, Phoenix, anytime.

[Dark Dude]

man Ive often asked myself the same question about rain, wtf people?

we live in a desensitized culture.

[MissyO]

^ Ah, Dark Dude. Let us walk through the rain together sometime and laugh at all the chicken shlt people huddled under shelter.

[Dark Dude]

yes.we should.