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