Raindrops

Tahsin Hyder
There I was standing alone,
in the street,
there I was standing outside
the city markets.
The clouds looked so united
that the sun was afraid of them
and hid itself under the noisy clouds.
maybe because it was losing is power.

Soon one by one
raindrops started to fell,
soon second after second
the world started to change.
Soon the streets became wet from dry,
and soon the streets changed
from white and black.

There they were,
two very young brother and sister,
sitting in a car, wondering,
from where the raindrops came,
there they were,
with their smiling faces, wondering
why, it looks so beautiful!

It was the city,
where nature came today,
it was the same city,
where noise came out
from every corner everyday.
Oh God, thank you so much
for giving us the gift of a rainy day.

There I was standing alone,
wondering how come this part of the world
became so beautiful.
There I was standing with the wind,
wondering how long the rain will stay.
I was good, not feeling bad,
I was there, watching raindrops falling
on the land, to play.

Tahsin Hyder is in Class VIII, Maple Leaf International School, Dhaka.