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THE WIND IN THE FAN ADVISES
I NEED TO WRITE NOT SLEEP SLEEP IS NOT WITHIN MY GRASP ITS GENTLE WHIR ENCOURAGES ME ON TOWARDS THE KEYS GO ON ASK YOUR HEART WHAT IT NEEDS LET SAD THOUGHTS BLEED AND HARD THOUGHTS BLEED LEAVE ME AND POISON MY MIND NO MORE THE FAN WHISPER-WHIRS: I AM THE WIND AND I WILL CARRY YOU TO A BETTER BOWER TO LULLABY YOUR SOUL NO NEED TO ASK WHO AND WHAT IS THE WIND ITS ALREADY THERE YOUR ANSWER THERE IN HOW YOU TUCK YOUR ARMS AROUND YOU AT NIGHT WHILE I SING MY SONGS OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW I LIVE WITHIN YOUR BREAST AND IN THAT ITCHING OF YOUR ARMS YOU WANT TO FLY LOSE YOUR FEAR OF THE GROUND FROM UP ABOVE YES I'VE THE COURAGE OF FORGETTING THE STRENGTH SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO MOVE ALONG SHOULD I SINK INTO MYSELF AND SIGH I MIGHT LOSE MYSELF I GIVE THE FAN MY GRATITUDE AND AM REMINDED I CAN BE THE WIND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM I ONLY NEED TO KNOW IT EXISTS AND IS HERE WAITING FOR ME. LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS SIMPLE POEM 5/31/2023 3:49 AM PST TIME AND DATE STAMPED FOR LEGAL COPYRIGHT AND ALSO FOR THIS AUTHOR/POET/WRITER MELISSA A. HOWELLS AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED AND REGISTERED SITE TITLE @@@ MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD THANK YOU FOR POETRY AND LANGUAGE GREAT SPIRIT @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS RE-EDITED POEM WITH A FRESH CLEAR MEANING 5/31/2023 1:01 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME DATE AND TIME STAMPED FOR COPYRIGHT@ ALL RIGHTS RETAINED BY MELISSA A. HOWELLS THE POET@ Vote for this poem |
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