Note:
“After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on earth or sea or against any tree.”
—Revelation 7:1
FOUR
when the four angels
at the four corners of the world
held back the four winds
so not the smallest tendril
of breeze could slip through
to rustle a single leaf,
I was bereft, left without
tenderest cool upon my face,
and more—that sound of wind-roar
pouring through a valley alive
and shaking apart, waking dreams,
thrilling to the very core
my four-chambered heart.