A Tree Tested For Its Roots Poem by RIC BASTASA

at first the wind blows
with cruelty
uprooting all the root of
your being
but this is only at first
you are but
a tree tested
for how long you can
continue
being attached to the
earth
the wind makes it sure
that you know
what attachment is
the meaning of being
rooted

after the uprooting
when all your leaves are taken away
when you are but all hands
with nothing to grip

then the wind begins to show
its true nature

it is lovely
fresh and pure