GRIEF Poem: I Am Wind and You Are Fire, by HL Tsui

Aug 18 2025, by HL Tsui

I am wind and you are fire.
Together we come to form a pyre
A blazing tower
Whom knows no height.
Perhaps a sun, who lights even the night.
Under such an infallible power,
Always remember:
I am wind,
And you are fire.

Together we are a cleansing flame,
Cleansing each other of unbeknownst pain.

Now our worlds,
Pure, light, and free,
I, gust, may now sow new breathing seeds.
In these seeds sprout about new power
That is the power
Of the great lily flowers.
A source of joy,
A source of food,
A source of power,
And all that’s good.

A lily bestowed upon you,
Blooming,
Time passes,
She droops then wilts,
You step in,
Fire,
Destroy and renew.

Thus, the cycle begins again,
Wind and fire return to spin,
Breathing life into motion,
I’ll always remember us as fire and wind.

I am wind and you are fire,
Myself unto you,
Yourself unto me.
Our thoughts, our hearts, let us dance and be free.
Free to be you,
Free to be me.

In these whirling winds of blazing fire,
It is about you, and never ‘bout me.