We were playing in the lake just outside our boathouse late one afternoon when the wind suddenly started shifting and swirling. You could hear the tree branches starting to rub together in movement and the leaves rustling overhead. Literally within minutes we could seen sheets of rain coming down in the distance, bouncing off the water and moving quickly toward us...all the while we were still swimming in sunlit water.
The clouds came and went so quickly, the whole thing could've been missed so easily. I've often thought just how lucky we were to be in the right place at the right time (isn't that so often true in life?). It was such an incredible experience that it even moved my daughter (8 at the time) to write a poem.
Around the Corner…
We hear the musical sound of water touching water
We hear the wind in the trees
It is raining just around the corner
It is not hard rain but soft
The rain is not on us…but coming closer
Now it is not around the corner but it is moving toward us
We go under the dock while the rain passes over us
To the woods
We still hear it
It’s no longer a musical sound on water but now
A swirling wind on the leaves and trees
We come out…
The rain isn’t around the corner any longer!
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