I have heard wild winds and I’ve heard calm

I have walked through tempests and through storms
I have seen the sun slide down the sky
I have heard wild winds  and I’ve heard calm

I have seen the sky when rainbows form
I have crunched through  leaves as down they lie
I have walked through tempests ,savage storms

I have watched the windblown leaves at dawn
I have seen black starlings whirling in the sky
I have heard wild winds  and I’ve known home

I have sketched the patterns nature’s drawn
I have pondered on   the ones called mine.
I have  fled through tempests and through storms

I have sauntered on  a fine green lawn
I have heard our politicians lie
I have  loved wild winds  and I’ve loved calm

I have watched the world from the storm’s eye
I have  seen  five thousand people cry
I have walked through tempests and through storms
I have  watched wild winds  and   wept forlorn