[Calann]: 135.Poetry.Windswept

The wind has gone crazy
--like an ancient beast awakened
demented, furious
it howls its unrelenting rage
rattling, reaping, ripping,
striking with sharp-clawed hands
and slamming with full force

The wind has gone crazy
--I hear it, outside my window
and though I know the dangers
it is a thrill to think
of following its call
to the wild, to wander, to soar
if only for a while

The wind has gone crazy
--and as it cries
its long, painful dreams
the beast has found my heart
and entered