Not since the accident that took her husband, Leo, had she let her body move to anything other than the mundane rhythm of work, sleep, and surviving. She lived in a grey apartment with drawn curtains and a calendar where every day looked the same.
“Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. And a few, after enough storms, learn to dance again.” rain quotes in english
The rain hit her face like a baptism. Cold, relentless, and utterly alive. She walked to the center of the empty park where they had once danced at midnight. The grass was mud. The bench was soaked. The sky was the color of iron. Not since the accident that took her husband,
Then she closed her eyes.
Elara walked home slowly, soaked to the bone, but warm. She left the curtains open that night. And the next morning, when the sun rose clean and bright, she noticed that the calendar on her wall had finally turned to a new month all by itself. Others just get wet
11. “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” — Bob Marley 12. “I think I love rainy days more than sunny ones. They feel more honest.” — Unknown 13. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” — Mark Twain (rain's companion) 14. “Let us dance in the rain, not wait for the storm to pass.” — Vivian Greene 15. “Rain doesn't stop love; it only washes away the things that don't matter.” — Unknown
She wasn’t dancing gracefully. She was dancing brokenly. Her arms wrapped around herself as if Leo were still there. She spun until her hair was plastered to her cheeks and her tears mixed so completely with the raindrops that she could no longer tell them apart.