Crying Clouds The rain began so quietly So deep within the night And carried on until the clouds Just cried with all their might And when I tried to dry their tears They scurried 'cross the sky Wringing out their desperate hands Continuing to cry I stood by watching helplessly And felt their endless pain I floated in their floods of tears While drowning in their rain I felt not I could comfort them Nor wish away their tears Until I came to realize Within my wildest fears These clouds weren't torrid thunderstorms Rampaging 'cross the lands Nor hurricanes to stir the seas And whip up beaches' sands These clouds were my emotions Raging deep within my soul Hurt echoing my empty heart Had begun to take its toll Then as I stood and pondered this The clouds dried all their tears And danced and played across the skies My ears filled with their cheers

The sun popped out and smiled at me And golden rays of light Spread quickly through my darkened heart And stole away the night The beauty that surrounded me I saw for my first time For I'd been lost in self-remorse And wandered through life blind As I stood there smiling up I knew I'd seen the light My pain and tears were gone for good Swallowed with the night Sometimes a cloud or two may pass Across my clear, blue sky But I'll never let it storm again I hate to see clouds cry Written sometime during high school [Back]