Robert Lindley Poet Rhyme

I Chase the Wind, and Live I Tasting It

I Chase The Wind, And Live I Tasting It

My angry dust is dust of desert plains.
Invisible chains hold me. I am not free.

I am worn with a wild desire and yet fit
I have wandered the earth and mountains
In vain fled from Apollo's burning fires
I chase the wind, and tasting all of it.

What avails gathering world's stirring motions
As the planets above fly right on by
Wherein wide across is the windy ocean
And soft the mourning doves sin

My angry dust is dust of desert plains.
Invisible chains hold me. I am not free.

Invisible chains hold me. I am not free.
My lost lover you have that hold over me!

Robert J. Lindley, Rhyme,
Oct. 23rd 1971

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Kim Rodrigues July 1, 2023 at 3:07 PM The refrain quite telling! Robert Lindley July 2, 2023 at 5:34 AM Thank you, my good friend. That refrain was real for a time in my life. God bless.