A Brand New Person

Take this chance and walk in the rain
walk and let it take away your pain
let it take all emotions and worries
all of those you heard in stories…

Lines excerpted from “A Walk in the Rain”

John Guevarra

After the longest days, I always look forward to the dog walking me around the bloc  Only this time we went a lot farther  Of course the threatening weather did not deter us We just kept on!  The rain started slowly before it poured—and we got drenched  “What are we doing out here,” the dog leered at me.  “You’re right,” I said back to her.  But now that we are stuck in it—let’s enjoy it—so why run home?  How do you explain what it is like to get drenched and have the day washed off of you?  To get so soaked that what sinks to your bones surprises you as refreshment?  It has something to do with losing control of life and just going with the flow…and washed off as a new person.