Is this rain or are they my tears?

The weather in Guatemala is extremely weird, but I can get accustomed, except some days that are continually raining. For me, the rain represents weakness, sadness and boredom. I hate when it is raining because I love to go outside and play some sports in a field, and do not like being wet. Rain is one of my weaknesses; it takes all my energy, making me sleepy and lowers my mood. Everything has its pros and cons, while rain has more cons than pros, it does have its pros.

It makes me think about life, it makes me want to know how good my future life can be. Sometimes, the rain is interesting because you can see a lot of water falling from the sky. Actually, Guatemala is a territory that has a lot of tropical storm and sometimes hurricanes. For me, it is surprising to see a lot of water in the streets and rivers, and I like to see big the rivers.

In my house, the rain is noisy when we have the windows opened, but I am comfortable to noise because I turn on my guitar and start playing with too much sound, because it is the only time that I can play with high volume in my amp. While it is raining, I am starting to be sad, so that is why I play guitar to express my feelings that are inside my body. The rain help me to stay calm in the times I have stress, when I am angry, it can depress me and ignore the stress that was inside me.

I am one of those people who have bad luck, every time I say “today there will be no rain” and one hour later, starts raining and that can make me angry because when I say those words, it’s always in the school and in the last period, it starts raining.

Last year, there were like eleven tropical storms and like two hurricanes. In June of 2011, Guatemala suffered a big hurricane called “Agatha”, which was destructive hurricane and caused flood in big areas in Guatemala. The truth is that sometimes I feel fear when it rains a lot, because the rain produces landslides on mountains that can pull down all the earth and that can affect our streets. These storms or hurricanes can take lives by growing the rivers and drown people that are close to it.

The only moment that I like when is raining is when I am ready to sleep, in the night. That can bring me ideas for the next day; the sound can give me peace, and in this moment, my weakness becomes my strength, because sometimes when is not raining, it’s hard to sleep. Other important thing that I like when it’s starting to rain is that before the rain, there is a big wave of heat. I do not like too much heat, but when it is starting to rain, I feel the wind with water and actually, that feels so good. The rain can refresh you but you need to be careful because you can get sick. Being sick by the rain is very stressful for me because there is too much sound of the water, the wind is cold and you feel that your body can not support the rain, but there are good characteristics of the rain for me,  gives me a great peace to have my ideas in freedom.

Most of the time, I like to see the weather prognostic because that can give me a chance if the day will be cool or if the day will suck. Some days can be bored but I learn that only you can control your emotions looking at the rain, using the imagination and your vision. Some people can relax with the rain, but the rain can be felt with any of your sense, by the eyes (to see the incredible fall of the sea) nose (to smell the fresh water), ears (to listen the beautiful sound of the drops), and finally the taste, to touch the rain like if the rain are your tears.