wind

there's a wind in the world
and it comes any time
low and wide and smooth across the land
or tall and cruel and whipping
clears the narrow spaces up and down.


be strong ! be light !
be free enough to jump astride,
be calm — be true !
as now the world careens and flies below askew,
while all the air inside the wind is still
and every voice that speaks
(that sings)
is you.