breezy

Cherry

By Di_Hard

Sun, 19 Jul 2020
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10 comments
 

 

this breeze, seeming slight

might be calmness dying, a storm’s birth

 

it could have come from Samarkand

or been in Neanderthal lungs

 

we all breathe out the future

sharing trees

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

The mystery of the wind, and the air. "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,  but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes" We share with the past and the future and nature. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Rhiannon. I love that quote :0) Though it does seem unfair, like if it is luck whether or not you have the Holy Spirit!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I think the main comparison was that we can't see the Spirit at work changing someone, but we can see the effects he has on their lives and hearts, as we don't see the wind, but we see the effects it has on the trees and washing line etc! We can all ask for the Holy Spirit to come to our hearts. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Ohhh! Thankyou!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hello Di,

I know nothing about Haiku poems, but wondered if this was one?

I like how you question where breezes come from and how we have no idea about the air we breathe.in and out comes and goes. 

Of course like you say, it's the one thing we do share with trees.

Thoughtful read.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Jenny. I don't know anything about Haiku either :0) It was reading a lovely one by Parson, called Mate, that made me think of this one, I think

https://www.abctales.com/story/parson-thru/mate

 

Submitted by onemorething on

I like this - wondering where the breeze has been, what it brings, I like how it encompasses a lot in few words. 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Insert :0) Was just stirring a saucepan and thought of it, then I forgot what the last line was going to be while writing the first bit, but am usually thinking about trees so seemed a good bet

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

What an intriguing idea - how everything is connected - very clever.

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou very much Philip! Not clever at all though? there was a program on Crowd Science on World Service a few weeks ago about whether atoms get re used so you could have stuff in you from people living ages ago, particularly breath? Wrote one years  ago about water Jesus turned into wine being the same water inside the Titanic and the same water raining outside :0) The idea of wonderful and exciting being there even in terrible or mundane.