Today's prompt is under the rainbow and it reminded me of last rainy season here in Jalingo.
It rained that day from 2pm to 5pm. Heavy rain, with plenty wind. Light went off, everywhere was dark and cold. I was inside my room just pressing phone, waiting for rain to stop.
Around 5:30pm, the rain stopped. I came outside to check if my clothes I spread outside are still there. As I looked up, I saw something. A big rainbow in the sky. Very clear, seven colours. I have not seen rainbow like that for long time.
Small children in our compound started shouting "rainbow! rainbow!". They were running around and pointing. One of them said "if you pass under the rainbow, you will become a girl or boy". We all laughed.
My neighbour aunty came out and said "see, under the rainbow is where peace dey". I don't know if it's true, but the sky after the rain was really beautiful. The clouds were still dark on one side, but the other side where the rainbow was, it was bright.
I stood there for almost 10 minutes just looking. It made me forget that NEPA took light and my phone battery was low. For that moment, everything felt calm. Like God just cleaned the sky and painted it.
Later I tried to snap it with my phone but my camera was not clear. So I just kept the picture in my head.
When I saw today's prompt "under the rainbow", I just remembered that evening. Sometimes after heavy storm, beauty still appears.
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