RiverWind-Photography

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Wing-tales
in the sky, the air,
the surface of water
undulated by the wind,

ridges rippling
in conversation, an unknown
tongue

that rushes and exults
in a frenzied waltz
across sentience...

I forget how to be...

in all the white noise
we've unlearned
how to comprehend
the language of feathers,

hours becoming crusty
with idle, incessant blur,

but I want to remember,
I want to believe,

and I reach for it now,
following the wind
following the wings.

— Anna S. © 2026

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