One Day

The wind one day
collected up all the caution
that had been thrown its way
and wept and wilted
under the burden
of all the expectations and inhibitions
cast aside
like snake skins left behind
after the shimmying and shedding has stopped
The cloud one day
leaked copiously until the lake was bursting its banks
Birds flew past
Dipped their wings in recognition
then dropped like kamikazes
to nestle and settle in for the duration
The tree one day
spread its roots into the land
like toes wiggling in the sand
and made itself comfortable
The mountain one day
gave up trying to pierce the sun with its peak
and was content to savour the view
The valley one day
gave up trying to view the mountain’s peak
and took comfort in providing a course for the river
The river one day
met the sea
They weren’t so different
The ocean one day
moved grain by grain the sand dunes further up the beach
and then
grain by grain
drew then back down again
because
it
could