Mystery and Wind - Katerina Busch

poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien

Mystery and Wind
Katerina Busch

published in
University of Michigan’s
Qua Lit & fine Arts 2022

Whispers of the wind
Rustling through the air

Mystery had grinned

At the secrets they’d share

The wind called to mystery
And mystery replied

“Sing a song that’s breezy— One—where I can hide”

Wind then began to blow—

From the East and to the West

Breezes felt— and the wind did show
Riddles that they’d guess

Wind then called to mystery
Oh, but once again!

This time— much more fiercely
Asking for its friend—

Mystery then responded

And said this time—

I’ll hide you
Go and when prompted

Shake whatever I threw—

Wind did as mystery asked

And began to shake

Things not grounded— while it’s tasked
Mystery would over—take

---