One Way Wind Now

The narrator recalls a walk along this seaside with someone he loved deeply. They stood upon a hill, the wind rushing past them. In a moment of gentle intimacy, she told him, "Some winds blow forever." He didn't understand the depth of her words then, but he saw the curiosity and longing in his own eyes reflected in hers, and she took his hand.

The "one way wind" is the couple's relationship—a force that pushed them forward toward a future that felt inevitable, yet irreversible. Like the trees, their lives were bent toward a single, unchanging direction. One Way Wind

Now, the wind blows alone, and the narrator is left with the melancholy feeling of being carried away from something precious. He returns to the hill, talking to the wind, asking why it continues to stir the "coals" of his memory every day. The wind is a symbol of a lost love that cannot be recaptured. The narrator recalls a walk along this seaside