Were I the wind

[clawmute]

Were I the wind I’d go
no matter where I’d go
swift and low over
the face of hidden waters

carrying leaves along
Icy cold in my breath
causing passersby to cringe
pull their coats up, hats down

moving slow into the heavens
stampeding clouds on their way
bright clouds of rainless days
heavy clouds burdened with water

dipping earthward again
circling mountain peaks
then down against the plains
wheat bowing before me

raising dust on country roads
heading for the sea
herding tiny sand boulders
multitudes gallop over the dunes

raising up the waves
to salute me as I pass
choppy and small
large and foaming

all pay me my due
acknowledge my presence
bow before my gales
sigh at my passing coolness

I rest then from my travels
stillness in my rest
but not for long
to ever move, it is my destiny


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[V.Jayalakshmi]

:) Dear Clawmute,

The poem is nice.Imagery is good too.Here is one from me.


Were I the wind.
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Were I the wind,I shall roam free,

Free from the cities whose dust stiffle me,

From the heat and dust made by man.

Stiffling heat just quells me down.


I wander free from these haunts,

And I choose gentle slopes,

To glide by,the tree tops waving me by.

The meadows sing after my glide,

The lonely autumn leaves wishing for spring.


Go! Gently touch the winter's misty eyes,

Fall from grace when autumn comes,

But awaken my spirits when spring calls,

I shall but sleep over the buds of infinity.

Jaya.

[dibyendra]

I liked both of your poems. I loved the title as well 'where I the wind'. Beautiful!