Eleven Ways of Looking at the Wind

1

I was like a tree

In which the wind dwells.

 

2

Over all the earth,

The only thing that never ceases

Are the eyes of the wind.

 

3

Many things may dance in the wind

But it is the wind that is the major part of the pantomime.

 

4

A husband and a wife

Are one.

A husband and a wife and the wind

Can be one.

 

5

The movement of grasses like oceans

The swaying of trees like dancers

The whirl of dust and cloud like dervishes

All of which the wind is involved in

 

6

There are tidal patterns and magnetic lines

Circadian rhythms and lunar seasons

Domains of electricity, magnetism and gravity

All of which the wind is involved in

 

7

There are many beauties in this world

Inflection, innuendo, nuance,

grace in a child, mercy from an enemy

The wind gives it all.

 

7

It goes where no one knows, 

Having come from who knows where.

It criss-crosses the earth in obtuse fashions

Carrying enigmatic ciphers whose importance is unfathomable

 

8

Striving after the wind is like grasping for wisdom

Yet wisdom is gained by His word whispered into the ear.

 

9

O wise men of Behistun,

Why do you imagine a golden child?

Do you not understand the gold, frankincense, and myrrh you present

Is given to you by the wind?

 

10

The wind is strong. 

It may not be withstood

Yet it can be commanded to cease

By His word.

 

11

It is clear that the wind belongs to Him

The snorting of His nostrils, His breath, His life.

O that I would know the wind

And He would know me.

 

MDC August 2021