I have always loved the monsoon season and having an unconditional love for Nature I had the biggest privilege of being partially raised by her. After all she is our Mother providing us with food, water, shelter and instinct. But we always thought that she did all this alone and this is not true because everything that exists needs balance where one is the energy and the other is the container for that energy. I write this post because of all the love stories I have read in my life the one that truly touches my heart is the romance between Nature and our Earth. Their love story is both strong and understanding, a true symbiotic love.
In this love story we have the father (Earth), the mother (Nature) and the children (every living creatures that breathes). Each season is Nature’s mood or a phase; She shows her glow when she gives birth in spring, frustrations and depressions in summer result in her bad/scorching mood, raising kids with new beginnings in monsoon, dealing with teenagers/adults in Autumn and you see her sad mood when the kids finish their journeys or learn to live without her help in the winter season. But today I will not talk about her motherly skills but focus on the one element that suck by her side forever patient and loving, accepting whatever she gave him without much complaint. Her love, our father the Earth.
The Spring season she shows off her glow with love for husband and their bundles of joy where he loves and cherishes her dearly. With the help of the children he helps put on a show with lots of color and love. The weather is mellow, patient, happy and content. In summer her husband bears with her bad moods and asks the children to help one another until she is happier, he just sits there silent & still as she rants against him without stopping. In Autumn as she goes through a phase of letting go off her children he stays by her side humoring her and with the help of his children puts on one of the best display once again. Come Winter and he shows his strength by bearing once more her extremities while she mourns her loss and accepting her negligence knowing and understanding her pain…. Hmmm.. Where did the monsoon go???
To me, the romance in the monsoon is the best part. The entire planet seems to grow faster in this period, the trees show their glee the most with their beautiful green glows and swaying branches. Nature in the monsoon period rejuvenates her husband and removes chunks not needed. As her summer mood starts to wane her husband realizing her mood starts calling to her, cajoling her, caressing her skin (the sky) with the help of his digits (mountains). His wife in return plays hard to get by showing him that she isn’t angry (colder winds) but does not give him what he wants. So he teases her more and she starts responding lovingly but she is worried about his reaction/looking desperate so she tries being distant trying not to show how much she wants her husband. But her husband is very smart and understands her every action so he keeps going on while making sure she is comfortable. He uses their children to cheat by making them also wheedle. With all this she starts fighting the losing battle… She rains light little kisses on him and the children in few places, knowing that they are winning they tantalize, wheedle, cuddle, beg and tempt her sometimes using guilt as their weapon. Her husband speaks to her again and this time he hits jackpot… Her moods have changed but is still not giving him her 100 % but suddenly one day unexpectedly as he patiently enjoys and bears with her drizzle, she turns the table and blasts him with all her love and passion. She might stop for 5 minutes or 5 hours but she returns once again recharged. Her children, the trees glow with scrubbed faces and show off their grandchildren. Her husband is rejuvenated with fuller lakes and fertile soil.
She looks to him with a mix of love, pain, mischief & says to him ” I want to love & cherish only you with all my love though I may be flawed…”
He looks patiently and with a mischievous smile says “You’d better…”
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Ooooh she is a naughty girl but the Earth is quite loving when she wants to be. Of course, I find it interesting what the husband has to do in order to try to calm her down during the winter season because of her loss.
Either way, a interesting perspective especially about life ^_^.