Rain knows
\nwhich windows leak,<\/p>\n
which children are waiting
\nto jump into puddles,<\/p>\n
which commuters forgot umbrellas,<\/p>\n
which trees have been thirsty
\nfor weeks.<\/p>\n
Rain knows
\nhow cities smell
\nbefore they become wet,<\/p>\n
how rooftops sound
\nwhen thousands of drops
\narrive together,<\/p>\n
how one cup of chai
\ncan become warmer
\nbecause the sky is grey.<\/p>\n
It knows the exact moment
\na paper boat becomes brave,<\/p>\n
and the exact moment
\nit becomes paper again.<\/p>\n
Rain never asks
\nwhether we were ready.<\/p>\n
It simply arrives,<\/p>\n
turning ordinary roads
\ninto mirrors<\/p>\n
and reminding us
\nthat even the sky
\nsometimes needs
\nto let go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rain knows which windows leak, which children are waiting to jump into puddles, which commuters forgot umbrellas, which trees have been thirsty for weeks. Rain knows how cities smell before they become wet, how rooftops sound when thousands of drops arrive together, how one cup of chai can become warmer because the sky is grey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[588],"tags":[631,625,620,636,630],"class_list":["post-4787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","tag-creative-writing","tag-life-experiences","tag-personal","tag-poetry","tag-well-being","enable-dropcap","disable-2-columns"],"yoast_head":"\n