The Wind

I watched a layer of dark bottomed clouds
sail through the sky from west to east.

Just air flowing by.

Where there was enough water
in the the air, droplets formed,
light was absorbed and reflected,
and a cloud appeared.

I walked home later, as the sun set.
The air was colder, drier.
Just a few clouds scurried over,
now flying from north to south.

Gusty wind swirled, blasting my face
with chill; trying to knock me off balance.
The unseen air exerting awesome force.
A large branch down in the street.

Air, that bathes us in life giving oxygen,
the unseen sea in which we live.
Pushed with a sun-powered force
from high pressure to low,
with power beyond our resisting.