Tears From The Sky

A sudden shower forced me to rush under a shade at the street side;

In a while, few other passerby-s also joined,

One of them a white-bearded man

Shoot out of a procession heading to the graveyard.

I have a habit of conversing with strangers, in fact I am very good at it.

Factually I happened to learn a lot from strangers and

Very little from my formal teachers;

In a way,

I was like stranger to them, busy in drawing their sketches and

Circulating those in the class, rather than focusing on the teachings !

(Suddenly I realized it is one of my hobbies;

When asked what my favorite hobbies are, I say all others like singing, drawing, writing,.......

But it never occurred to me that I have one more hobby!

How little we know about ourselves!!).

Whatsoever, I opened: asking 'will it cause any problem in burying the dead because of rains'?

'Not exactly', he said, 'in fact it is good, as in you, the Hindu-s belief goes,

The shower is washing away all the sins;

He was a good man, never harmed anyone!!' he exclaimed.

Pat I said: "Then it must the tear-drops from the sky showering upon him",

He seemed to agree to my remark, but said nothing.

I walked out in the showering teardrops with no hesitation!!