Wednesday, July 23, 2014

What The Wind Is Saying


Some days 
I keep the window open 
just slightly 
to give a voice to the wind

and I listen 
to the howling messages

like
      "I just came in from Hawaii---Paradise!"

or
    "Do something, anything!"

perhaps it's 
           "The people next door hate your barking dog!"

or maybe even
             "There are great atrocities out here 
               that you can't fix from your room!"


Some days
I keep the window open 
just slightly 
so I can hear what the wind has to say

but most days
all I can make out is
"What's done is done, 
come on, let's go."


Ken Owen   Van Niddy Press   July 2014

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