Catching Clouds

It seems so easy when I step back

and observe two strangers, disassembling

fences, to come together as friends,

walking away, hand-in-hand, each smiling,

happy to find someone to share with,

while I try to take notes, capture the secret,

learn how to say the right words that

go from my mouth to another's heart.

But that's like trying to catch a cloud

and attach it to this paper: it's gone before

the tape is torn, leaving no trace of its magic

as if it never really existed, making me feel

abandoned

all over again.

Naida Lavon

Jan. 27, 2022

Prompt: clutching a cloud

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