The Crying Clouds by BCSimmonds

I look up into the heavens
The clouds torn and scattered
The breeze sweeps them roughly aside
Twisting them into shapes I try my hardest to recognise
Leaving them bruised.broken..
They begin to cry.
Their tears fall heavy on me
Cleansing my sorrows with their own
The ground grows soft and damp beneath my feet
I start to leave, but the clouds begin to scream
A flash of anger illuminating the sky
I stand rooted to the spot, terrified.	
They are weeping now, sobbing.
I have no words to comfort them
No lullabies to make them sleep.

And I am left helpless,
Deafened by the screams
Shivering from the sighs
Drenched by the tears that are too many to dry.

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Comments

blackrose

13 September 2008

I absolutely love this poem,

it is a brillliant way of percieving a natural event that we see so often!

more please!!!

xxx

jobejo

11 March 2009

this is really good, i like how the mood moves through the poem, it reminds me of talking to someone who has a lot of problems. And i think the last line is the best 

"Drenched by the tears that are too many to dry."

iram 24

03 December 2009

i love this poem. i especilly love the fact that you use a lot of human like features like the clouds screaming. i love it when poets do that. it makes the poem i don't know more realistic even when you know it isn't. 
i love this line,
'a flash of anger illuminating the sky'

AVFreaky22

03 December 2009

simply beautiful :)

Also see: Butterfly (pgwebster) • The Fleeing Soul (pgwebster) • The in-between (Carl) • Bliss (pgwebster) • It's in the Mind...x (blackrose) • Maybe...? (blackrose) • Stargazer (Katie13) • The weathercock (Carl) • The seal of autumn (Carl) • The brink of sleep (Carl)

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Writer BCSimmonds	Total posts: 10
Roles: Writer

York/Canterbury, UNITED KINGDOM

I am a psychology student who writes poetry in her spare time. I'm inspired by music and people and places and art. I sometimes write short stories, but I normally throw them away once they are finished. ... (Read more)

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