Celeste Snowber: Kohala wind

Photo by Gary Bandzmer




Kohala wind

she moves fiercely

one feels her in the bone

the skin knows her arrival

the ears hear her symphony

greens of every variety are swaying

in her announcement

Kohala wind on the Northwest Coast

of the Big Island of Hawaii

a constant companion

who reminds me of where

humans derive: of earth and humus

whatever details are swirling

in my small mind and lilting body

they are small compared to her power

it is her character to disrupt, turn over

create dances with the landscape

I am comforted and disturbed in her wake

not knowing how I will live without her

it as if she has become a lover

leaving me once again with longing

Celeste Snowber

March 22, 2011

Kapa’au, Hawaii