RAINDROPS...

Sprays of water hit my face like a million tantalizing pin-pricks...rain-sodden curtains lent their master touches to this mischievious artwork by gently carressing my countenance whenever the billowing monsoon winds buoyed them up and i lay sprawled in blissful submission to Nature's silken brush-strokes. A solitary crow was ambling slowly, resentfully towards the safety of my window-ledge from its precarious positon on the rusty garder hugging the drain-pipe of my brick and mortar existence...Honking, belching beasts in iron and steel passed below...the monotonous yet alien swish! slosh! indicated that the beasts were wading through tea-coloured water..there will be the careless yet violently religious offerings made to this holy waterbody..an interesting potpourri of empty coconut shells,torn slippers,half-eaten-and- the-rest-forsaken cucumbers,tomatoes and loafs of bread,yellowing pages of daily locals dating back to 2001 and the occasional stray dogs,impersonating wild ducks...Now and then, the overcast sky in its menacing black and threatening grey burped in contentment...a sudden blinding flash followed by a resouding crack! and there we were, caught unaware...framed for eternity in our most candid expressions!...Towering coconut trees flapped their green wings in a desperate attempt to fly...they wriggled and swayed...dropped a few pregnant coconuts in distress and yet stayed rooted to the soil...crows, sparrows and the rest of the winged creatures smirked at this futile act of desperation...and then,spreading their own feathery appendages, floated away in the dark tumultous sea above....Men continued their tedious journey below....wading through all watery barriers,hoisting up colourful apparels,clutching canopies over their heads...cursing....growling....and intermittently,missing a step and slipping....Yet,admist all the cacaphony..the hustle, the bustle and the plaintive whistle of the shuddering traffic-police...some naughty little Fellow Above kept clicking away His camera at leisure!