Rainy Nights and Neon Lights

Rainy nights in the city are magic.

After the deluge, the air is clear, and every surface bounces light like a quivering kaleidescope.

I enjoy walking home right after a rainfall. The rain drenched surfaces seem to amplify and echo - the opposite of the hush that comes with snowfall - and the swoosh of traffic takes on a rhythmic pace that works like white noise - calming me.

Contrasts are starker, too, after the rain. Smooth seems slick, and delapidated takes on the air of poignant ruin.

It's an insular experience - I pass other shrouded figures shuffling down the street, but we're each in our own world, walking our own line, lost in our own thoughts.

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After a rain, I feel oddly at peace.

Comments

[Elle]

I think you're just trained by all your years in Oregon.
For me, two weeks of rain is ENOUGH and I want the sun to come back!