Three Sister Winds

Three sister winds, Ephemeral progeny, Spawned by the sun's relentless But passionless heat, And the earth's inexorable Grinding rotation: Sirocco dances across the vast emptiness of the Sahara; Mistral roams over the rolling plains and briny lagoons Of the French Camargue; Santa Ana, mistress of the paradoxical Lush aridity of Southern California. Solitary nomads these three siblings, Never meeting, Rarely resting, Always appearing unannounced, Creating with cold dispassion, Then leaving in their wake, Their own ephemeral progeny: Summits and trenches, Hills and valleys, Crags and craters. Sad reminders of their brief visits And lonely passing. Continually shifting, Eternally sifting, Maternally treasuring, Methodically measuring, As if carefully counting each precious grain In the sands of time.