Has anyone ever thought of rain as romantic in any sense? I certainly hadn't, until last night. I was taking a walk by myself out in the beautiful landscape that is the middle-of-nowhere. The light was starting to dim, and I thought that I had better go home soon to get something to eat. But I stayed out. It started to drizzle. The sort of drizzle that is utterly silent, and it makes everything else muffled as well. I had a fleece on which kept me warm enough, so I sat down on a little rock that had been untouched by the rain because it was sheltered by the trees. So I sat underneath the trees, just watching the rain. When I was younger I often had this dream. Its not really that clear. There were some daisies, maybe three or four of them. They used to dance round in elegant wee circles. The background was just sheer white. They were so light and harmless, you would hardly notice if they would be on your hand. Then there was the big, intimidating mountain. It was a stark contrast to the daisies. It would hover slowly towards and above the daisies, blocking out the whiteness with its vast size. Its weight seemed infinite, and it clattered down on the daisies. That would be when I would wake up. Sorry, that didnt make any sense at all. My point is that even when the mountain crashed down, there was silence. The rain last night reminded me of that dream. I didnt want to move from the rock until I would see the equivalent to the mountain. But it never came. There were mountains around me, but none of them appeared to be threatening. It was almost like a dream itself, with there being no bad ending. John x _______________________________________________________________________ FSmail - Get your free web-based email from Freeserve: www.fsmail.net +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+