FIVE 17-SYLLABLE LILY-CLOUD POEMS

    FIVE 17-SYLLABLE

        LILY-CLOUD POEMS

       1

       I never touched a cloud

       though in aspirations

       I stretched up my hand.

      2

      From my window seat on the plane,

      clouds ride by and softly

      swallow us.

      3

      Lilies grow in your garden;

      clouds fill the sky.

      Do they share soft secrets?

     4

     God clothes the lilies

     of the field

     in the soft raiment of giant clouds.

      5

      mesmerized by their sway,

      I envy their camaraderie

      with the wind.

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