"River of Clouds"

A River of Clouds flowing between stark cliffs of despair;
My ship ploughs the waves.
Surging against the currents, skirting the rocks and the snares,
Seeking peace I crave.
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Floating between the sky and clouds, shedding stresses and tears,
I’m drifting amazed.
A life of fortune and misfortune, of lovers and fears,
Often, I stand dazed.
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Trembling with anticipation, I’m straining to be free,
But emotionless,
Gazing across chasms of my ‘desert mentality’.
I am not hopeless.
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My imagination supplies me with the ‘missing font’,
With Peace, I’m surfeit.

“River of Clouds”

^by
Jerry E Smith
©11/27/17
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Velvet Water

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