The wind blows strong on this October day.
It swirls lifting branches and fluttering leaves.
The trees are sturdy knowing how to sway
and not break in sudden violent heaves.

Shielded from the strongest gusts, chimes play
tunes lulling listeners into a mood of ease
while wind’s strength grows causing a fray
and animals scurry for safety through swirling leaves.

It seems the animals have a sixth sense for survival —
the sense humans have lost along millenia’s way.
Animals know how to gauge nature’s harmful arrival;
humans linger in harm’s way lulled by chimes’ play.