Where is the Wind

   The Wind is taking 
 a break today
 Unlike the gust it blew in 
 When it came out to play
 But that was then – 
 A long time away – 
 Today it lay quiet 
 With nothing to say
  
 What’s up; I asked
 Wind didn’t reply
 I pushed and prodded
 I tried and I tried
 But Wind just lay there
 His arms on his head
 The Wind just lay there 
 Like he was in bed
  
 The Sun was busy 
 Heating the day
 The Clouds brought Shade 
 So the children could play
 They played on the slides 
 In the park under Shade
 But Sun thought to himself; 
 What’s missing today
  
 The children had left
 Their flying kites
 At home stored away
 Cos they couldn’t fly high
 Without Wind
 Over houses and trees
 Their kites couldn’t travel
 Couldn’t fly as they pleased
  
 But the Birds were chirping
 At rest on the fence
 And on the bough of the tree
 There were crows counting three
 They squawked and hollered 
 So they could be heard
 Whilst Wind lay there silent 
 Ignoring the Birds
  
 Not even the Breeze 
 Could put in a show
 She had left Wind alone 
 A long time ago
 Sun lost his smile 
 And faded today
 As Rain from dark clouds 
 Threatened to stay
  
 It stayed for a while 
 In the afternoon
 But decided to leave 
 As the Sun and the Moon
 Came back together 
 As twilight appeared
 Yet Wind stayed so quiet 
 Just as I feared
  
 The children went home 
 After playing all day
 And told their parents 
 What I wouldn’t say
 That Wind hadn’t come 
 Under Sun by the sea
 Their cool breeze was lost – 
 Oh where could it be
  
 For no matter the weather 
 Come Rain or come Sun
 When I went to the pier 
 Wind – always – would come
 To spread a Breeze 
 And keep us all cool
 On the pier by the sea – 
 It was our Golden Rule
  
 The Birds and the Sun 
 And the Cloud and the Moon
 All prayed for Wind 
 To come play again soon
 As the sea and pier 
 And the trees love a breeze
 Raising our arms 
 Spreading cheerful with ease.