Ask The Cloud Man

Ask The Cloud Man
© Surazeus
2024 02 19

The boy walks through glass door of vibrant sound 
to ask the Cloud Man ancient question why, 
but stumbles over sorrows on the ground 
which causes him to fall upward and fly, 
so he glides looping over maze of myths 
to dance ballet across gold monoliths. 

The girl waits in the bullet-riddled car 
to ask the Cloud Man to take her back home, 
but jester in the tower of the star 
leaps to his death from the Pantheon dome 
so she can transform into butterfly 
that lands on bowed head of the weeping spy. 

The boy follows his father in the boat 
to ask the Cloud Man for his secret name, 
but the turtle god teaches him to float 
with currents of fate beyond global fame, 
till he ponders in peace on Long Wind Sand 
while staring at the pistol in his hand. 

The girl weaves tapestry of noble deeds 
to ask the Cloud Man for his favorite tale, 
but throws her artwork in the whistling reeds, 
convinced that she is always doomed to fail, 
till she watches the invisible breeze 
compose shadows and light of humming trees. 

The boy runs from the rumbling demon tank 
to ask the Cloud Man how to evade death, 
but ascends to the highest army rank 
by always solving social shibboleth, 
so he declares himself king of the world 
till second coming of the cosmic herald. 

The girl becomes Fairy Queen in Stonehenge 
to ask the Cloud Man how babies are made, 
but journeys south to find vale of the orange 
that heals her soul in time for her parade, 
so she climbs Pyramid of the One Eye 
with honest intention to at least try. 

The boy measures circle of the God Mind 
to ask the Cloud Man how he perceives time, 
but feels atomic sparkle love designed 
evolve as wingless angel from sea slime, 
till he invents the ideogram of thought 
which he carves on walls of the ziggurat. 

The girl creates my body from her heart 
to ask the Cloud Man if I will succeed, 
but works all day formatting the star chart 
so I can battle all tyrants of greed, 
and thus we save the world with each new spell 
that springs from fountain of the forest well.