Sidney Beck Poet Quatrain

For Cloud Believers

FOR   CLOUD   BELIEVERS


No one likes the idea that clouds don’t exist.
I hate to burst everyone’s bubble 
But  I’m sorry  -   rainbows too only subsist
In your point of view, check it with Hubble.

Nor does darkness have any presence.  Behold  -
Only spaces where light hasn’t yet perpetrated!
Nor does science recognize the existence of cold; 
Only places where heat hasn’t  penetrated

And a candle flame isn’t really there;
Just a hot gas mixture  -  no difference
To the surrounding  gases, including air.  
It  has merely reached  incandescence.

And emptiness doesn’t exist, just degrees
Of fullness.   And black isn’t there  - it’s just 
The absence of yellows, blues, greens. . . . . 
Oh, is there nothing left I can trust?

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Carrie Richards August 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM So......when my head is in the clouds,....does that mean I am empty headed??? LOL !! (oh by the way...did you see the image of the non-existing cloud that looked like Mt. Rushmore on the news??....or did I dream that up in my imagination too??) As a scientist, you could host a show on PBS !!

Joe Maverick August 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM You know Sydney you have something here..as a matter of fact i have a (take on a saying).. i suppose i will post after reading this..

Tobey Hill August 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM great write..that last line sums it up perfectly also. keep up the good work...TAH