What a curtain in the wind can teach you – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

~ Ali Grimshaw 


"All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets in your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?"
- Anthony Horowitz 


To be a curtain in the breeze.
Joining the flow of air
rising, falling,
lifting, lowering
gathering, and letting go.

I will be a curtain
hate will not inhabit my heart. I will not hold it.
Instead it will travel like airflow. 

(I expect to falter, I am only human after all. Yet, I continue to observe all that can teach me how to keep my heart soft.)

Like the curtain welcomes all that arrives,
letting it pass through 
while remaining light. 
© Ali Grimshaw 2026

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Hiking in Argentina and thankful for this time in nature.

14 thoughts on “What a curtain in the wind can teach you – Poem by Ali Grimshaw”

  2. A curtain in the wind, something so ordinary and mundane. Yet it speaks to us if we pause and think about it. The curtain flows with what’s passes by, takes in light and dances with the winds. Not afraid to go along with nature and what’s around. That is a beautiful shot you took of yourself and the backdrop. Hiking in Argentina looks wonderful. Hope you had a great time there 😊💕

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