Wayward Wind

CARRY ON TUESDAY
http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com.au/
asks us to use the Rossetti words
'Who has seen the wind?'

WAYWARD WIND

Who has seen the wind? No-one at all, I guess.

We just see the aftermath when it makes a mess.

We see the leaves on the garden path, more of them each day!

If the wind can blow them there, why can't it blow them away?

We see the washing on the washing-line tying itself in knots;

We see the seedlings lying there, with dirt out of the pots.

We hear wind whistling through the cracks and making an eerie sound;

We see the toffee papers fluttering along the ground.

Sometimes we see the dire results of a wild unruly storm

When the wind decides to 'show' itself in a truly violent form.

We see the buildings ruined, and we see the mighty trees

Falling on the passing cars and causing fatalities.

Who has seen the wind? No-one at all, I guess.

We just see the aftermath when it makes a mess.

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SAD SONNET

We speed along the highway known as life,

We're all agleam with chrome and steel and leather.

The wind along the way cuts like a knife

But we're inside protected from the weather.

The music blocks out all the painful thoughts;

The scenery beguiles us as we're travelling.

We have no reason to feel out of sorts;

We do not guess that life itself's unravelling.

Rejoicing in our youth and health we go;

The wheels spin underneath us, reassuring;

Light-hearted jokes spill from our radio;

The essence of ourselves  seems so enduring!

Then come the worn-out brakes, the creeping rust.

All lovely journeys end......because they must.

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