Hungry Clouds

Clouds Cumulous, dense, fluffy, gorgeous Clouds Profuse, passionate, powerful, Poetic black and white Intensely desirous like the light for the cave Or the river from the mountain on the valley Though black, gray and white near the shore Deep inside the core Ripe crimson lore of tomato like hunger Waiting and counting down the minutes And the counting hastens Too impatient to hold water Very seldom we can do We all love the dew In a diversity of hue But still biding its time as I saw them The clouds Dense, dark and delighted Biding its time For the sun to go out Enabling the concentrated vapors to darken For the thunderous collapse In a purple plunge down On the starving earth Inside its curious caves and crescents In tempest and tornadoes Beautifully blooming blows All windows open The brimming dam broken Buddha smiles At the existential styles __________________________________ 23/02/2017 Word count – 148 as checked at howmanysyllables.com For the contest: Any Free Verse 150 words or less: Sponsored by: Laura Loo