Perception altering events...

I was standing in my balcony with my eyes squeezed shut lost in my own thoughts…there was an unusual quiet around me…no bustle of traffic…no sound of humans…just the birds chirping away…the peacocks crying…the leaves brushing against each other in the wind…and then I heard it…gently, creating a rhythm to the already audible sounds…first on the leaves…then on the petals…on the hard concrete floor…then I felt it on my outstretched fingers…on my parched lips…trickling down my spectacles…rolling onto my cheeks…combining with the saltiness of my own drops…I opened my eyes to the dark clouds…it had begun to rain…