Monday's Poetry: "Dust in the Wind"

by Pa Rock
Poetry Appreciator


Rosie and I began this morning by packing the car in Kansas, zipping through the McDonald's drive-thru, and then hitting the road for home.  We flew across a bit of Kansas and a bunch of Missouri, much like a speck of dust racing along in a cyclone - such as the one that blew Dorothy from Kansas to Oz.

We covered 280 hot road miles and were home by noon.  Our primary observation was the the Missouri Highway Patrol was out in full force, and we saw several unlucky motorists who were having to deal with them.

The holiday approaches.  Drive with caution.

The hurried trip home put me in mind of the song by Kansas about the magnificence - or meaninglessness - of life - depending on your frame of mind:  "Dust in the Wind."  Please enjoy this flashback to 1978 - and feel free to sing along!

Dust in the Wind
by Kansas

I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground
Though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind

Now don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
(All we are is dust in the wind)
Dust in the wind
(Everything is dust in the wind)
Everything is dust in the wind
(In the wind)