June 21st Downpour

It had happened once again. The water poured down in straight, unending lines, squeezing all the moisture out of the heavens. Yes, the Gods had become forgetful recently. With all the excitement of the change of seasons today and various planned festivities both among the Gods and on Earth, precipitation had been left behind like forgetting to turn off the hallway light or put out the cat. 

Mother Earth cried up with praying hands, “Please be more considerate and thoughtful. I haven’t been able to dry my green dress for weeks. The weather is making me feel gloomy and even the smell of wet forests becomes overdone eventually!” But the rain continued to fall leading up to the Solstice. 

Tomorrow, with clearer heads and parties over, with the realization that the decline of daylight had begun, Helios would sober up, turn off the showers and unfurl his mane, shaking his head to tease out his golden hair, filling the sky with every hue, creating a halo around his brilliant face. The new one hundred and eighty-two-day reign would begin with great strength as he slowly declined over the months.

Jim

June 2018