Kansas Wind

It skips across the rolling plains 
Down grassy streams, o’er rippled ponds 
Bends trees and landscape to it’s will 
Then swirls away to somewhere Oz 

Clutching steering wheel tight 
Rocking through buffeting sounds 
Will we also fly away 
Spinning up and round and round 
To land in someplace Oz

No Munchkins seen along this path 
Not yellow-bricked but asphalt gray 
Roads leading home eventually 
Miles by step, years by day 

Perhaps the birds in glorious flocks 
Soaring, twisting in the light 
Are darting in and out of Oz
Will take our wonder with their flight 
Into other realms 

No matter where these winds do blow 
Or wondrous stories left behind 
“…no place like home” rings in our hearts
Belonging’s quest a home to find 
 
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Ecclesiastes 1:6 NKJV
“The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit”

Hebrews 11:16
“But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.”

Philippians 3:20
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ”

Note: The old movie “Wizard of Oz” comes to mind every time we drive through Kansas. Last year I wrote a short piece titled Somewhere In Kansas. If you’d like another peek at Kansas you can find that post alphabetically in the Musings Library. When in Kansas hang on to your hat!