the wind blows
my heart
east west
north south
oh fickle wind
leave this old heart
alone
the wind
from a line by Yü Hsüan-chi: blow strong wind
blow strong wind
through the streets
of this ancient city
blow the dust
from these old eyes
so that they may see
five thousand miles
across seas an ocean
there where my home
used to be
the wind
once
I ran with the wind
now
the wind runs with me
a Papago song: The Wind Blows From The Sea
By the sandy water I breathe in the odor of the sea,
From there the wind comes and blows over the world,
By the sandy water I breathe in the odor of the sea,
From there the clouds come and rain falls over the world.
revised by Frances Densmore from an anonymous translator
wherever it blows
the wind
the wind
wherever it blows
i follow
Leonard Durso 