Online writing salon this morning. Prompt #1 was "What Swirls in the Air?"
What Swirls in the Air
Inside
I am warm as I watch
trees and bushes shake in the wind
Birds glide high to low
I see their wings move
up and down
as they rise again.
High, low, glide, flap.
I watch as
a piece of paper
jumps across the grass.
I watch
orange and yellow leaves swirl,
settle on the ground,
Shiver and dance
when a gust of wind catches them
just right.
I can't see the air but I know it is there.
Outside
I feel wind beat against my face
My eyes blink,
dry.
I taste dust
in my mouth
gritty.
I inhale air
cold and crisp in my nostrils
I blow my breath out through my mouth
Inhale, exhale,
Puff up,
Blow it out.
This is how I live.
I chase leaves,
I chase life,
I walk a path to see
the wind create ripples in the water.
Air,
Wind,
Swirling,
I am alive.
