I WALK WITH THE WIND

 

I walk with the wind Lightly

Between a star and a song.

 

O who shall cover my breast with flowers

If the wind dies?

Or hold the silver rain?

The world is falling Lightly

Down the snow

To the gold shadows on the last leaf.

I walk to the white source

And hear her waters lapping.

 

From her shores they come,

The bitter soldier

The dancer and the lover

Their arms full of destiny.

 

The raw fruit trembles to be eaten

And the birds are waiting to fly.

 

O shall cover my breast with flowers

If the wind dies,

The music maker

Who covers me with the earth.

-JEANNINE HARRAULT

Saint Mande

France

 

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