“I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I’ll end up well I think,
Only God really knows”
Cat Stevens (1948) British singer-songwriter
The Wind
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
“Prophesy to the wind, to the wind only for only
The wind will listen.”
Ash-Wednesday (1930)
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The reeds give way to the wind
and give the wind away”
A.R. Ammons (1926–2001) American poet
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