Clouds
An endless cloudscape
Outside my little window
Stretching far-off
On the wing tip
To the immense
Encompassing
Horizon
Cloud valleys and distant cloud-mountains
Above
A cloudless pure blue sky
Below
Earthbound beings
Far too heavy for such a heaven
Fallen right through to the ground underneath
The land of angels
And all our lost souls
Our dead grandparents
Our deceased ancestors
Our passed brothers and sisters
Cousins and friends
They dwell in this strange land
We pay them a visit
In the threshold of our plane
And I wonder if
My father
Can finally get to see
My daughter
by Hugh M. Lewis
The Great Wall
Poesy From China
1998-9
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Last Updated: 03/15/05