sun shower

Dear Ciara, There is a sun shower. Through the window at work, I watch the individual droplets catch and refract the light. I love the colours, the little sparkles of blue and pink. And now—a rainbow. I see it above the building, cutting across the sky like a flock of multicoloured birds. I imagine them as herons or another species of waterbird, revelling in the cool and refreshing downpour. I’m…