Let Me Be the Wind

I am in love with these winds

for I wish to become what they are.

With these oceans

for I wish my heart could hold what they hold.

With this earth

that gives us everything-quietly, without asking.

With these mountains

that take us as close to the sky as we dare to go.

With these rains

that travel through deserts, and still find

the ones who are thirsty.

With this sun

that rises without fail

and gives its light to those lost in darkness.

And with this space

the vast silence in which we exist.

Wherever these winds may carry themselves