A study in new beginnings

"A light January shower veiled the street, the trees fidgeting and shuddering under the drizzling droplets. The sultry smell of wet soil and tar softly drifted over the road, now a concrete mirror gleaming in the grey light. The rainwater trickled over the leaves, wood, pavement, concrete, seeping into the soil and storm drains, on its way to carry on its journey elsewhere. A new beginning was about to take place."