By the sandy water I breathe in the odor of the sea, From there the wind comes and blows over the world, By the sandy water I breathe in the odor of the sea, From there the clouds come and rain falls over the world.

Jane Bierhorst
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Once you see the world through the eyes of a child, it becomes clear that nothing is constant. Even the earth, which is supposedly solid and unmoving, is actually in constant motion. It spins on its axis every twenty-four hours, making one complete rotation. The stars in the sky dance back and forth like puppets whose strings are tugged by the moon and sun.

Each new sunrise heralds a new day, but no day is ever exactly like yesterday. The wind is always blowing in some place or another, whether it’s over the sea or over the world. And rain falls in some place or another, even when it rains on us all.

Source: In The Trail Of The Wind: American Indian Poems And Ritual Orations

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