A Message from the Wind

I see you smiling that melancholy smile of yours as you look at the sky, as you listen to your friend talk about the guy she's falling in love with, and as happy as you are for her, you look at the clouds and wonder - is there going to be someone for you as well? Someday, somewhere?

The universe has a habit of mysteriously bringing together people who fit together - is some of that magic destined for you as well?

Hope is such a strange thing, to be found everywhere and nowhere, always all at once. I know your heart constantly oscillates between faith and dread, I know how hard it is to believe, and yet in your heart you still do, and that's why I'm here.

I'm the wind that rustles leaves in spring, and the one that carries them to river banks when autumn falls. I am the cold wind of winter that makes small children curl up in their mother's warm arms and the gentle breeze of summer that brings relief to tired travelers and joy to laughing youths. I am everywhere and nowhere - always all at once, and I see everything, yesterday and tomorrow are all the same to me, pages of the same book.

So, as you look out the window, with dreams and hopes in your eyes, feeling as though you can hardly hold all the hope and fear that runs through your veins - I see you, and I see your story. On a day like any other day, you will stumble into someone who will make you feel safe, someone who will make you want to confess all of your unfiltered thoughts to them. Then on another day, that someone will nervously touch your hand as you talk about all your dreams and hopes, and you will look into their eyes, and you will see your hope reflected in them, so you'll hold their hand back, and another chapter will begin.

I know all that awaits you in the future. This world is full of joy and pain, and I know you are learning to live with that acceptance, and I know sometimes you become afraid that the negatives will oggle up all the positives - but I'm here to tell you that that's not going to happen, it isn't true; nothing will take away the joy and beauty that's meant for you. You've led a full life, one that's filled your heart up to a point that you didn't even think possible, and I know you become scared that all of it will slip away from you, but it won't, I promise it won't. Instead, your world will find new ways to be whole. You'll have what you have now forever, even if only in your heart and memory. And you'll build new relationships, ones that you've longed for your whole life. It's all going to be okay, it will all work out.

So, come forward, open up your window, and let this wind come in, let it rustle your hair and replenish your hope and faith, let me help you hold on to all the hopes you believe in. I can't hold your hand but let me calm down your soul with this cool breeze. Open your window, and allow me to heal all the wounds you bear like battle scars. Let me soothe your eyes, which are tired of all the tears you've shed. And let me embrace your heart, that struggles and fights, yet still beats, still goes on, still hopes.