"Love in the Wind"
by Tim Kavi
in the haunting refrain
there was no memory
of the pain
that flowed across
written notes
they hung there
like tangible
frozen
leaves suspended
in the wind
unflappable
never moving
lingering
aftertaste
of a love
that wasn't
existing
only in his mind
of the childhood
left behind
the wind caught him
and carried him
bravely to
the next place
where he beheld
her moving
now
nature's
revelation
of a new love
would he dare
to kiss her again?
he thought not
but then he
thought again
and when he did
she came right
up to him and kissed
him
and all the leaves
moved away
in the wind again.
Poet's Comments: This poem captures again the mighty force of love to even stop Nature with its power. It can control the swirling winds and stop something thought of as powerful. Love therefore overcomes allthings and difficulties. Thus, love itself can become supernatural, then once it finds its right expression, Love allows Nature to continue its course as thepoem shows atthe end. Underneath this notion is the idea that time is also frozen when oine falls in love--so that time and nature both are reverent to love.
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