ISLAND CLOUDS

  Another wonderful poet.  Check out his poetry, it always leaves me wanting more!  Written by Alexander Hicks and HastyWords

The ground fell away

Leaving my feet planted in sky

I look for familiarity

In all the boundaries I pass by

 

Clouds drift by like islands

And I cannot but stare

While I walk this vast expanse

This endless sea of air

 

I close my eyes as the breezy sea

Wraps itself tightly around me

Silken blankets of wispy space

All calling my spirit to let go, be free

 

Unnatural beauty, a rarity

But it is what I’ve found

So I’ll keep drifting, floating on

Out of sight of ground

 

Not exactly aimless

But free to just be

A part of something

So much bigger than me

 

As I walk these skies alone

I know that I’ve found peace

But I have not found harmony

In its purest form at least

 

The air thins a I continue rising

Higher and higher into the atmosphere

Momentum builds and anticipation soars

As I begin releasing all my fear

 

Will my conscience guide me?

Or will it lose its way?

Must I go away from here?

Or can I choose to stay?

 

I close my eyes, worries gone

I drift silent on cottony wisps

No longer tied to worldly thoughts

I make my home in a sky of whispers

 

Could it possibly be?

Is this what life’s about?

How did I live so long before?

When I have gone without?

 

Filled with everlasting peace

A joy so immense, so boisterous, so intense

This floating castle in the sky

Is the place I will forever feel the most content