HalcyonDays - Issue 21

O, To Be a Cloud!
By Nolo Segundo
O, to be a cloud and
wander the sky untethered,
freer than any bird,
as free as the wild winds...
changing shape endlessly,
effortlessly, easing
from a stallion to a lion
to an elephant in the minds
of open-eyed children
who love the clouds and
love to watch the clouds
as they dance the sky!
Children and clouds,
clouds and children--
a love affair that ends
as childhood ends
and the once children,
now grown-ups, can
no longer see
the living menagerie
way, way up high
where only
the purest hearts
may go....
Lisa—stock.adobe.com
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