Disclaimer: I am no poet in the making, but I would like to share with you what I have written in the midst of tsuyu (梅雨), the rainy period in the early summer months of June and July in Japan. So here it is, an ode to tsuyu (and hydrangeas) as well as the photographs that I have taken while admiring them! Hope you enjoy :) The cool Spring air
slowly dissipates eclipsed by the heat of early summer The humidity lingers permeating the environs I wait for the rain and its breeziness The rain although sometimes brief brings respite to the cloying heat And to the fluffy balls of hydrangeas waiting patiently for its arrival Opening their outstretched arms Multiple petals scattered in bunches as though there is strength in unison Watching them bloom together My heart flutters At their blend of colours Bluish purple Purplish pink Their petals, the keepers Of the rain drops Until they return to the atmosphere To become one with it again Rainy days are mood-dampening For those, like me Who love the sun The great outdoors and the clear blue skies But rainy days also Offer a sense of therapeutic release A kind of relief from being outdoors When the heat brings us fatigue and sometimes chaos The rain clears our minds and hearts Wipes the confusion away To a blank slate and to a fresh start I love the pattering of rain And the earthiness it brings upon touching the ground For it keeps me rooted A calmness settles within Like the hydrangeas who wait Patiently, longingly, lovingly To blossom together after the rain Thank you For teaching me how to dance in the rain For embracing the impermanence The cloudiness, moodiness And the growth it brings
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