Wind

I am the gentle breath blown by the breeze

Picking up dusty leaves from your concrete doorstep

Smearing them like thick oil paint

Covering your step

I am as brief as the antique lanterns that light up your path

And as eternal as the bright stars that guide your way.

But I am not light

I do not glow like the faint moon when heaven is dark

Nor do I dance like the colors in the sky

I am your best friend in the dreary heat

But I do not care for you

I can blow my cold breath

Cutting you down

Leaving you in the dust with the abandoned leaves

But still

You care for me

Even when I devour everything in my path

When my all-consuming greed comes by

Leaving nothing but hollow frames and broken tile

You still smile when I come by to tickle your cheeks

Or play with your soft hair

Even in the darkest of days

You come by to dance with me

Ending my quiet solitude

But I can never stay

For I am free, and forever float with the leaves

And you, you never follow

You sit and wait for me to finally return

And eventually I am nothing

Forgotten like the fallen leaves

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