wind – Shift Key

Haiku 64.21

I was watching the
wind in the trees but I think
it was watching me

I sat outside on the fringe
of a fast moving thunderstorm
maybe a county away

the dark rolling clouds moved
far above the tree line like an
express train barreling through

the station leaving a trail of its
deafening wind and noise

someone got wet somewhere
but not here

the rain train didn’t even touch
the ground

the temp is high and
the wind is high chopping up
the heat of the day

it is a very hot
and humid day

but the wind
is lovely when

it finds me

when it jumps
past me I watch

it tease the trees
and play the grass

like a piano

still more rain with winds
that can make trash cans topple
mailboxes cower

rain again with a
cooler wind and dive bombing
flies on the attack

I never tire of
watching the wind wind through the
trees or loving you

the wind is moving sweetly
from a tree here then over
there dropping a whisper

here then over there but
not for me like the song
of the same name

even so a gentle breeze
touched me to remind me
that hope is never lost

only momentarily forgotten
but always within reach of
a believing heart and mind

there was a time when I
thought that hope was for
everyone else but not for me

the wind pushes the
clouds past while each tree hears
a different tune

the horn blasts of the noon train
were distorted floating in and out
on the strong and gusty winds

the sounds of this train faded to
the right of where I sat on the
back patio

a second faster train followed
horn blasting through town as it
moved away heading north

It seems that my dreams were
not in the wind or on a train

they pile up in my memory like
railroad ties stacked up in an
abandoned siding yard

birds don’t dream they fly
can you tell a bird not to fly
same-o same-o

people don’t fly they dream
can you tell people not to dream

at this point I doubt my dreams
will come true they could they
might but so far they never have

so I’ll be waiting for the wind and
tomorrow’s train