When the sky clears,
it’s bliss to be ready
to jump on that wind
and journey
northward with the flat-bottomed clouds
while wind chimes sing,
it’s enlivening to feel the cold
and be free to go

There’s a wistfulness to knowing
I will go inside and wait
for my time window to open,
which may or may not coincide
with the day’s hour of sun.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 22, 2017