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Chad Decker Poem
Voices on the Wind
By
Chad E. Decker
(6/23/1994)
On a cool spring day,When I was but a young boy,
I heard a voice that was carried upon a soft ocean breeze.
It said to me, “Ye shall journey to a place not to far. There you
shall find a woman more beautiful than the
stars in the midnight sky that never fades
away.”
“And how will I know her?” I asked. “For there are many beautiful women.”
“Thou will know her by her voice. For it is as strong as a mountain, yet as soft as a light rain that taps upon rose petals – calming the raged, strengthening the weak, and soothing the hurt.”
“But where shall I go to find her, in which direction?” I persisted.
“Thou shall just go, and trust that thy love will guide thee.”
When the wind ceased to stir, I went into my home to ponder upon these words. Now, many years later, after journeying far and wide, meeting many people; I know now that the woman I have so much longed to meet … was my mother.
As I look at her now, I know that she is as beautiful now as she was then. To this day, her voice can calm my anger, strengthen me when I feel weak, and soothe my pain when I feel hurt. I just wish, now, I could have realized, then, that I had only to look through that screen door.
Copyright © Chad Decker | Year Posted 2015
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