Feel my cool breath

on your skin

I saw you were dewy

and needed it

Did you catch my little rustle of the leaves? 

 

Stroll under those

old oaks and notice  

I make sounds

just like the ocean

Shhhhhhhhhh, can you hear my artistry?

 

My gentle breeze flirts

with your curls

Yet I destroy whole cities

with my whirls

Can’t you see how soft and strooong I can be?

 

You’ve left me to go inside

for quite some time 

Nearly an hour since

I jingled your chime  

Should I flap your flag as I wait here patiently?

 

I’m missing you now 

in a whole new way

It’s been nearly

an entire day

Swirling sand now, c’you come out please?

 

Sorry but somehow

my short temper

has turned into

an untamed twister

I’ve lifted your roof right off its eaves

 

 

© Candice Reineke 2021