©Aliana Alani 2014

 Listen to the winds

Everywhere there is poetry

Everywhere, a story

Your life and mine

 

The man in the street with a cup and a sign

The story it says of him

The story he has yet to tell

 

Listen to the winds

Whispers and prayers

Whispers and blessings

Listen

 

The Gucci bag and the bling tell a tale

But what’s inside tells more

The country, the clan, the lone wolf

All dancing on song lines from yesterday to tomorrow

 

Beating a drum, a heartbeat, a rhythm

Of passion and promise, sorrow and longing

Desires and dreams

 

Everywhere there is poetry

Everywhere, a story

Listen to the winds

Listen