[MD] strong wind

[Heather Perella]

strong wind...

     Trees heard as the branches sway
          leaves pick up across the earth
     Rocks weather as the wind howls
          squirrels run in the open bark
     

     I've walked up that hill so many times, but
today... yeah today it just seemed harder, more
difficult.  Where does all that energy come from?  I
know its' coming from the southwest and it definitely
feels warm.  Must be something brewing.  Those clouds
are getting dark.  Boom... Yeah, it's time to find
shelter.

     Branches falling all around here
          cherries not small anymore
     Corn has grown much higher
          deer charge the field to feed

     Fog was thick this morning laying low in the
wide, shallow valley where the small stream flows. 
The crows are heard and the sun is already bright. 
The fog magnifies the rays into the eyes of all
onlookers.  The heat is sweaten the water right out of
the greenery.  Where's that relief found in the air? 
The stomach has been dormant all night.  Yeah, it's
time to find food.

     Soft blanket of pine needles rest
          coyote curled up in a ball
     Birds sing as any heart feels
          snow falls on the nest

     It was a cold winter day.  The snow was blowing
strong into the eyes.  Walked up over the crest of the
hill, the legs were very strong in those days. 
Sleeping in the white was the fur ball all warm and
livin.  In a blink of an eye only the sound of the
four-legger left to hear.  Tracks...  seen again...
tracks... thick brush and would have to become a
four-legger to get in.  No way, no need to.  Yeah,
it's time to find fire.

     I called for everybody to meet
          years ago in that hollow
     I played the flute and prayed
          will others ever be here

     Heard the notes echo in the hollow.  Prayed or
one might just say called out for others.  Who are the
others?  Well, just other people to join in the woods.
 To hear the stream flow from the source that ran down
to the beaver dam below.  Others were gone, others
could be found, yet, that day... it was just me and
the birds.  Yeah, it's time to find wife.

     Now years later found that wife.  Praise to the
wife!  We have a young one on the way.  Praise to the
young one!  Found that ordinary life that births. 
Found all that I have ever known from day one.  The
night was no different.  Ordinary, sweet, love that
sun kind of life.  Hear those killdeer.  That means
spring's a comin'.  For now though winter is strong,
yet, summer wants to be here.  Yeah, it's time to find
strong wind.  Where will I find it?  At this very
moment the northern cold and southern hot, clash! and
I find that strong wind here.

     Need to walk in that strong wind and use these
legs cause if I don't, how will I keep walkin' by
myself?

Spiritual Adirondack (SA)    

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