Season's First Rainfall

The sky is leaden, season's first rain begins to fall. The earth is thirsty but cannot quench it's thirst and the sound of rain is not soothing in summer. For a shower's while water spills over the roads,lanes,yards..... as local ponds vanished, drains,rills encroached and filled with clay. The hills from where the rivers originate are barren trees fallen in large scale. Though the paddy fields await with glee the rain, pitter-patter on the roof brings little comfort, for the price is still to be paid. The rain once welcomed with elation now falls on a jaded land. Each time they are ready to shift their belongings, but not ready to right the wrongs.