9-23-2025

The Winds are a secret
A very big secret
A two mile tall secret
A hundred mile long secret
And folks in Wyoming like that it’s secret
So don’t tell them I told you

While people drive beneath them
To go sit in a Yellowstone parking lot
And see bison with the illusion of freedom
The Winds watch silently
Unseen behind foothill guardians
Their secret is safe

But what is the secret?

The secret is glaciers
The secret is bears
The secret is wolverines and lakes and trees
The secret is a quiet place to be alone with yourself
And a place so dark that you can see the stars for the first time

Now I may have told you the secret
But it’s not mine to keep
The Winds will keep their own secret from all but a few
For as long as we let them