Remember the rains?

Background : The monsoons have just begun. A young couple (perhaps newly married) is about to part for a few days , and as the guy drives away in the rains, he reminisces about romancing his girl in the rains.. starting from the more recent memories, to further distant ones..

Remember the rains?

It is still raining, as I leave you alone with the midnight moon,

My journey is far and distant, but I promise you I’d return soon,

You look so beautiful in the blue of the night, those hazel eyes lost in the city of a myriad dreams,

My heart aches to kiss you goodbye, as I long for the night to never end, for the sun to be never seen.

As I drive away into the dark of the night, my heart is heavy and filled with pain,

But my lips curve into a smile, as my mind asks me a question -

‘Remember those days? Remember the rains?’

Remember those nights..

When the distant sound of the morning dew, falling on the ground,

From little young leaves, newly bloomed into the late spring,

Always woke you up, and as I’d cuddle you in my arms,

You’d ask me with dream-filled eyes, ‘ Is it still raining?’

Remember the time..

When we were in the middle of nowhere, stuck on the beach,

It had come down pouring, and we had nowhere to hide,

We made ourselves an umbrella with the cups of our hands,

But we still got sick and coughed through the night,

And played along as the heavens cried.

Remember the day…

As it rained again when I’d come to meet you,

The skies had parted and the heavens opened their magnificent doors,

My heart thumped with each stroke of thunder,

As you hugged me tight ,and we lay warm in each others arms, amidst the heavy downpour.

And it was such a beautiful morning.. When I saw you for the first time..

Through a slight drizzle, I saw the sun rise in your hazel eyes,

The hues of hazel and honey mixed with rays of shimmering gold,

A thousand little rainbows bloomed in each drizzling droplet of rain,

As you lit the morning with your beautiful smile.

As I drive away into the dark of the night, I long for those nights, those mornings again..

Remember those days ? Remember the rains?