WINGS

I listened to this song ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDN1sPJggo ) (Ólafur Arnalds, Only the Winds) about fifty times (give or take a few) and then I wrote this:

WINGS

I have danced these trails a thousand times

and each time, I dance with you

in mind.

If the ocean was more shallow,

the mountains less tall,

deserts less foreboding,

would you follow

the stars

to find me?

Would you breathe

in gentleness

beside me?

I will pick wildflowers

in preparation of your arrival,

and speak only of hope.

When you arrive,

I will prepare soup and

bread, hot tea,

And share this dance

my soul has kept.

The morning sky shall accompany me.

yes, I have danced

a thousand times with you

in mind

and I will wait

as long as it takes
for you to come to me.