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CONCRETE CLOUDS

April 17, 2017
By Anonymous

I can feel eyes of awe from those below admire me as I dance around the Earth
They understand the feeling that I feel
My head expands with every breath I take
And when I find the time to exhale, I blow away the heavy clouds
They cheer and laugh and shout thanks
I use all my breath banishing away the darkness
They join me in the air, floating in the fragile wind like feathers
I close my eyes and try to rest my tired lungs
The air around me changes and the ground is racing towards me
I land, clumsily and disconcerted
I can here whispers and mutters mocking me as I stand
I look up with eyes of awe
I know I was with them once
I don't know how to get back
The glass prison emerges from the ground and I am trapped
I try to break the melancholy walls but I am too weak, I am breathless
My lungs are numb, and I can no longer feel pain
I try to force my head to enlarge once again
I try to force the air down into my body
I try to blow away the clouds that taunt me from the outside
There was a time where I did not have to force myself to breathe
I surrender and give up
I become nothing more than a concrete cloud


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-Sh


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