A Cloud

by Shawn Smith - August 22, 2006

At one moment a thick formation
    then dissipation

At one moment presumably so permanent
    then a distant memory

At one moment taking on one shape
    then another

At one moment a promise of things to come
    then a reminiscence of things past

At one moment the ability to capture the imagination
    then a forgotten memory

At one moment the illusion of strength
    then nothingness

At one moment I thought I was a man
    when in fact I am a cloud

 

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