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Out flows the essence

Of Life & Death

See as it shapes into the wind,

Sense the awareness building inside it

Feel it begin to move

Gaining speed and strength

From all it touches

Its own power is driving

It onward

Over oceans and seas

It will find its way

Of War & Peace

Fishermen cross themselves as it draws near

They pray it will pass

And it does

Leaving their boats rocking

In a strange shadow

And gratefully they give collective sighs of relief

 And thank their different gods

Through the land it blows

Flowers and trees bow their fruits

Paying homage

To what only they can understand

Animals prick their ears

 And smell the air

Recognizing the power

That passes over them

It is seeking something

It searches among the fields and hills

Amidst the towns and cities of man

Its destiny to fulfil

Here is a vision of nature

Ancient as the planet itself

- Stranger then mortal man could imagine

Unable to reason

But aware of its purpose

- Hush now people -

Feel the planet vibrate

- Feed on the energy it radiates -

Know something that understands

 - Neither evil nor good -

Then let it enter

- And touch you -

 Alone standing on the sea-wall

There waits a man

Watching silver waves

Kissing the shore

Not knowing why he waits

Or what has driven him to embrace the sea

In all its glory

And onward blows the wind

Sensing that what it seeks is near

Its purpose to be fulfilled

Once more

A man in his youth

And foolish pride

A man with possessions, wealth and charm

And gifts of material life

But there’s a burning question

Within his mind

What are we?

And who am I?

Now the wind will answer

As it rolls over the seawall

 - It blows about him -

Our hero turns to face it

 – And embrace it -. 

Where it strikes him

- To the bone -

A wondrous warm sensual

- Breadth of life -

 He is filled with visions

- Of distant shores -

Trees blowing lightly in

- A tropical breeze -

And water so blue like

- a summer sky -

Caressing the shimmering sands,

Causing their crystals to resonate

- In musical harmony -

His mind becomes a rushing sea

His blood a flowing river

And his soul is washed away

- Into the deep -

Swimming with countless waves of multi-coloured life

Bursting through into the sky

An eagle soaring high

Touching a heaven

We all seek to find

Then the heat now turns to cold,

Of artic gales and glaziers high

Where sheets of ice

- Go floating by -

And the wind leaves him

Once more a man

- Who stands alone -

Lost and lonely upon the shore

But now he knows what

- He came here for -