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THE MORNING RAINS
<p>Something about morning rains that feels </p><p>totally right and perfectly timed. </p><p>I mean, I can't put a finger on it but it feels</p><p>almost like the real cleansing from everything </p><p>yesterday. </p><p><br/></p><p>It's 3:36 am and even though life is some </p><p>three hours away before our side of the world</p><p>gets noisy with whatever humans busy themselves </p><p>with, I know deep down, we are many who are awake </p><p>for whatever reason. Guess what is making the moment </p><p>beautiful? The pre-dawn rain of course!</p><p><br/></p><p>I can say with a full-blown boldness that's unafraid </p><p>of a contrary opinion that we all gather at this converging </p><p>point of agreement: pre-dawn rains are perfect, no buts or ifs.</p><p><br/></p><p>The best part of the rain is how it starts: like John the Baptist,</p><p>the chill breeze announces the soon to arrive downpour.</p><p>I only wonder between the sounds of rustling winds before morning </p><p>rains and the squeal we hear when power is restored, </p><p>which delights the soul more because, from my perspective, </p><p>the former almost always means sleep, or just lying on the bed, </p><p>is about to be a blast of an experience. </p><p><br/></p><p>Pre-dawn rains almost always set us on a great start because</p><p>you wake up to a world literally washed — especially when the drainage </p><p>system in your neighbourhood hasn't been converted to</p><p>dumping channels — and the roads take on a sparkling shine. </p><p>The air is cleansed from the smell of whatever went down </p><p>just the day before and need I mention, the sweet petrichor </p><p>becomes the perfume even the sands release. </p><p><br/></p><p>Looking at it through a different lens, the same way rains, </p><p>especially the morning kind, somehow makes life lighter </p><p>with the weight of clouds a memory, </p><p>no tear should be buried under the guise of strength; </p><p>it is okay to shed tears, you deserve to feel that light</p><p>and renewed for the new day. Declutter the weight </p><p>within with the therapy of tears; its efficacy is beyond debate.</p><p><br/></p><p>If the raindrops — as light as they are — can cleanse the earth </p><p>and bring a promise of growth in plants,</p><p>allow the softer things in life to cleanse </p><p>what experiences might have hardened in you,</p><p>let them permeate and soften the hardness that has </p><p>become your heart and let love grow in places</p><p>your Nigerianness has turned to stone. </p><p><br/></p><p>Buenos dias. </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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