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The Wind Blows
They say, when the Wind blows
trees will whisper
grass will whistle
flowers will giggle
ponds ripple with mystery
as one plunges down
with blurred sight
and sights of glistening jewels darting around,
green blades waving, and tickling bubbles.
They say, when the Wind blows
the clouds will join, bringing gentle rain
to cleanse the land with a careful hand
all will cheer with joy with the blessing
continuing to live in peace and hamony
as the sick become healthy and the old renew
frogs will croak, the crickets joining in,
birds playing soprano and the big ones stomping bass
in a beautiful, perfect world.
They say, when the Wind blows-
but now I know better.
The wind is not magical, though I wish to believe,
and long lost that belief as tragedies unfolded,
too late to believe in a savior when all else tells otherwise,
the sick will not become healthy without medicine,
the old cannot become renewed, only expired
and the ground will never be norished by a fortunate rain sent down by the blessing wind, though occasionally, I may believe.
When the wind blows, the wind blows, and stories will resurface within my mind of a childhood long past.
The wind is no longer my saviour and hero.
I am.
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