It finally stopped raining after two days of ceaseless downpour. The perpetual overcast and darkness of the past two days is clearing and more and more patches of blue appear in the sky. I'm lying here in my bed looking out the window and I see the setting sun--sun at last!--shining through the scattering clouds. As the storm departs, this sight is really beautiful and peaceful to me. I feel a sense of tranquility watching the low floating clouds swiftly race across the sky as the sun casts a bright frame around their ephemeral bodies. If I climb to my building's rooftop and stood on the tips of my toes, I think maybe, just maybe, I could reach up and touch them as they glide by. Of course, because this is New York City after all, half of this view from my window is blocked by a tall condo being built next block over. Goodbye rainstorm. We hardly knew ye. Thanks for waking me up this morning with the loud crack and boom of thunder.
Update: Apparently the calm was just a temporary reprieve.