The Wind

Last Saturday (or was it Friday)
I watched a wind develop.
It made whitecaps on the ocean
and it swayed the palms
and it made the plumerias drop their blossoms
and it caused the cattle egrets to be more erratic than usual
and it forced the clouds over west Maui like they were boiling
and I sat in my chair and watched.
The wind decided to visit me
and it distressed the curtains
and it made the windows creak
and it blew the papers off the coffee table
and it nearly toppled the floor lamp
and I sat in my chair and watched.
And I asked myself "Am I dead?"

This morning I watched a wind develop.
It made a haze of spray over the ocean
and it blew the flowers and the birds and the clouds
and I sat in my chair and watched.
It decided to visit me
and I got up and closed the windows.
And I asked myself "Am I dead?"

-Pono