Thirteen ways to look at a cloud i

An aimless wanderer

with no compass

or a flag to wave

The eyes of God

one sin on your left

one bliss on your right

white-washed page

futile and useless

Dark as the night

heavy with life

Sun-worshiper

bowing in humility

Blocks of the Aristotelian purgatory

in a vicious earth we’re doomes

Unreachable gold in childhood

easy destination now

Clouds put a smile upon my grandfather’s face

I never liked winter

but I like clouds

Airplane’s sketchbook

Source of innocent happiness

in a trip to the verdant valley

What I like more than clouds? Stellar clouds

with all colors and shapes, endless miracles

world travelers

or is it us that travel, and they sit and watch?

my papers are damped from the tears of the clouds

on a sunny day

** Inspired by Wallace Stevens poem – Thirteen ways to look at a blackbird.

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Writing is my key to free spaces. I write to let things out and to chronicle some, and you're more than welcome to read them.

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