Wind and Water Cleave and Cleave

Wind and Water Cleave and Cleave

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We know that wind is spirit life.  The wind

Is God in symbol, and the angels, too,

And demons, angels with God’s demons twinned.

Continuous with breath we breathe in, new

With every inhalation, wind is all

Around our muscles and within.  There’s no

Escaping.  Water is a type, a scrawl

Like life, is bright, is flowing, swift and slow.

It flows according to its passive will

While active.  Water also is a drop

Of dew that goes.  Transparent dewdrops spill

And leave no trace.  The soul comes to a stop.

..Eternity is clean like these.  Though brief

….The wind and dew live long like clearest grief.