Cloud Haikus.

The clouds are huge puffs

of fine white pillow stuffing.

That's what I believe.

They float in the sky,

slowly, lazily almost,

because there's no rush.

The wind is quite strong.

It's God's never-ending breath,

swirling around us.

He/ She /It /They blow

on the clouds, pushing them all

across the big blue.

The clouds' destiny

is a mystery that's been

hidden from humans.

But someday I will

fly to the clouds, higher up

than anybody.

I'll shoot hero-like,

straight as an arrow so fast,

that I'll hardly breath.

I won't look down as

I slice through the air, focused

instead on my goal.

Finally I'm there,

hovering beside my cloud,

and I climb on it.

It makes the softest

bed you'll ever know in life.

It supports my weight.

Curious, I peek

over the edge of my puff.

Do my eyes deceive?

Below are mountains,

oceans and trees, and many

tiny points of light.

My world is wondrous,

and I'm high above it all!

Well, not entirely.

My heart is still down

on Earth, with a friend I miss.

I must go back home.

I jump off the cloud

with no fear whatsoever.

Life is but a dream.

God's wind lets me drift

very gently down, as if

I were a feather.

You see me falling,

but you're in time to catch mein your waiting arms.

I open my eyes,

see the happy way you look

at me, and I smile.

We lie in a field

much softer than any cloud,

and we're holding hands.

My head still goes up

in the sky sometimes, but I'll

never leave you, friend.

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I got inspired to write this poem on the beach yesterday. The wind was incredibly strong. The ocean was very wild and wavy as a result, and it was totally awesome to swim in! Since the pressure of NaNoWriMo was off my back (but I still wanted to write), I took a notebook to write whatever, and I felt I would write some haikus. You know what those are? A line of 5 syllables, then a line of 7 syllables, and then 5 again.

I didn't feel that one haiku was enough to do my feelings justice, so I wrote another. Then another. And another, until a real "storyline" seemed to develop out of it. It's weird, but I don't have a lot of experience with writing haikus. While thinking very hard about each syllable, I suppose I put a lot of heart into it. I got inspired to write the last part by that Hayao Miyazaki classic, "Castle in the Sky." (I blogged about it here.)

I've been told that this poem is incredible. I remain humble. What do you think?

^_^ I also got a letter from a very good friend today. ^_~