Said Hello to the Clouds

I spoke to the clouds today
up there in the rarefied air
They weren't very good listeners
flitting by in their cloudy way
but since clouds are born gossips
I had no lack of conversation

I told them about you
how you put butterflies in my tummy
with a word or a glance
& how your smile is so brilliant
it's the eighth wonder of my world

They said- "Oh yes, we know your beloved, she visits from time to time & we dance in the currents of her eyes."

They said your eyes were sapphires
the colour of ozone & the ocean
shifting from bright azure
to grey goodbye
startling even to such as them

They told me of rivers & lakes
that sparkled in the motes
of the westering sun
yet nothing could hold a candle
to the magnificence of your smile

Then they told me of dreams
when you were off away with them
from fantastic surmise
to nightmare cries
& sleepwalking until sunrise

The clouds carried me across
the Great Divide in the jet stream
spoke to me of hunger & drought
fire & flood & famine
& showed me wastelands of regret

They said- "You crossed this way before
but you lost your way."
Then they told me to follow my dreams
trust to my instincts
& to never lose heart

The clouds spoke to me today
& they said to say hi
drop by when your eyes are clear
your smile is near
& your heart is in want of nothing

Thomfool