An Elegy To The Clouds Poem by Lazarus Knix

An Elegy To The Clouds

Rating: 5.0


O! clouds beyond a human’s grasp,
What could it be that moves you so?
Can something this alive in mass,
Be shot with just a windy bow,
Around the meadows mountain pass?

Surely beauty pure as thee-
(Capable of moving me) ,
Must be the champion of the sky.
And gatekeeper to all above it-
Deciding when the sun shall shine,
Shrouding stars upon a whim,
While dressing moonlight, end to end-
Gathering for a blizzard.

You are the messengers of dawn,
For when the sun peeks from below,
‘Tis you that keeps his colors so,
Yellow, orange, soft crimson,
A metamorphosis of moments,
Caught within the skylines yawn,
As sparrows raise their tongues in song.

Oh clouds, I beseech thee to
Part with but a bit of wisdom,
One insignificant truth,
Held within your heavenly body.
Whisper to me a lesson….
“See things as us clouds do”
Hung above the earth in thought
And blown about, yet not distraught

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Wesley Mincin 12 August 2009

You've got fans, Laz. lol You know my rating.

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Patti Masterman 11 August 2009

Will you give me some lessons? ''whisper to me a lesson...' I want to write like this: 'Must be the champion of the sky. And gatekeeper to all above it- Deciding when the sun shall shine, Shrouding stars upon a whim, While dressing moonlight, end to end- Gathering for a blizzard.' Sorry I can't paste the whole poem in this little box- but I wanted to. This is one of the most beautiful poems I've ever read. Fitting that it is about clouds, which are so malleable that our own minds cannot keep hold of them for very long- they keep changing before our eyes into one illusion after another. Great stuff!

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