When the Wind Flows

and the leaves fall and your own death comes to greet you

Photo: © David Whyte

When the Wind Flows

When the wind flows
and the leaves fall
and your own death
comes to greet you
with its slack mouth

you’ll have to ask
forgiveness then
to gain an easy conscience
for the road ahead,
otherwise,
no one will want you
where he comes from.

No, it’s not that they’re choosy,
it’s just that you wouldn’t be happy
without …