Air hot and sultry.
Clothing sticking to skin.
Sun, overtaken by ominous clouds
approaching as a roiling wall of gray.
Looking skyward with anticipation.
Air heavy, foretelling the storm.
Stillness pervasive; quiet, persistent.
With deafening clatter, the rain begins.
Pelting life with thick, heavy drops.
Metal roofs turn into clanging drums.
Gutters flood, overflow.
Seeking shelter inside.
Life stops; emotions on hold.
Landscapes transform into wetlands.
Roads, quagmires.
Drenched hummingbirds huddle protecting their young.
Soaked capybaras escape flooded burrows.
Insect sounds drowned by thundering rain.
None too soon, as if a miracle,
the sun returns.
Buzzing insects fill the air.
Birds sing once again.
Life releases its collective breath;
emotions free once more.