The Friendly Breeze

a poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The mild breeze,
which played amongst fallen leaves
and made ancient pattern in autumnal dust,
sighed and died;
unseen silk lay still
and the world were hushed.

Another breeze came,
picked up the fallen one
and merged it with self,
played amongst fallen leaves,
wrote ancient pattern in autumnal dust
and tickled a rabbit’s ears.