A Joyous Wind

by Bobbi Sinha-Morey (May 2025)

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A Joyous Wind
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In the hours before dusk
the world around me is
breathing so quietly and
the passionflowers have
lit my simple tended garden,
swollen blossoms nudging
me to come near with my
ewer and let them drink in
more water. This time I’d
grown them all on my own
and soil had clung to my
fingertips, my spirit lifted
by the warm air again.
For days I’d swum in the
sweet perfume of my back-
yard garden so carefully
protected from any rodents,
predators or birds in the air;
a simple fence I’d built around
it not caring if I got rough, dry
wrinkled hands. And by the time
the sky is abundant with color,
and its very own aura, a whiff
of wild honey reaches my nose
and my soul is no longer empty
like it used to be; the sun my
friend, the music in my heart
doing a pas de deux with a
joyous wind.
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Veil of Whispers
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The quiet life breathes all
around me as the veil of
whispers begin to sing and
they lead me to a door I’d
never been through before,
one that welcomed me, and
I was drawn to the edge of
a dream, one which I longed
to be part of, where the stitches
of my life will never unravel,
and where just the touch of a
star flower will give me the
light to see by, for I want
nothing but a nest of peace,
a card I could play to win,
taste jasmine water I’ve been
thirsting for. A mellow voice
spills from the heavens, and
a rising dawn ready to spring
inside and awaken my soul.
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Listen to The Sweet Lullaby
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Like insistent wrens my thoughts
only fluttered away leaving me
with blessed moments of peace,
the coil of stress inside of me
untangling itself and letting me
breathe, safe from any tight net
and the damned, my patient
heart quietly beating to the
rhythm of a cool wind, and
deep down inside myself I’ll
never let anything nor anyone
scar the protective shelter I live
in ever again. The path before
me is a bridge to the future,
a seed of hope. I’ let nothing
deter me nor distract my attention;
I fasten myself on the ground,
listen to the sweet lullaby from
heaven.
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