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I Am a Cloud
I am a cloud.
 
 My being is from many things,
 Rivers, streams, oceans, lakes, They all make
 
 A cloud.
 
 As I grow,
 I rise and pass the treetops, the birds, and even higher than the towering mountains.
 I rise above the whole world, looking down upon it.
 I wonder why I'm here.
 Why I'm different from the rocks,
 And the trees.
 Why I'm different from the mountains
 And the plains.
 Why I had to be what I am -
 
 A cloud.
 
 As I gather bits and pieces of me,
 From everywhere on Earth,
 I can't hold myself together.
 I am falling.
 I fall
 into pieces,
 Which scatter far and wide.
 From everywhere I came from,
 I return to Reality,
 
 Broken.
 
 My world is crashing down,
 But no one cares, 
 Because all I am is
 
 A cloud
 
 The normal everyday thing that is simply seen in the sky.
 I gather no interest.
 As my shattered ramains pitter-patter against windows,
 I finally shudder 
 to a stop.
 
 I am still.
 
 As the darkness is slowly illuminated, I can only do one thing.
 Slowly,
 I rise,
 Once more.
 I am
 
 A cloud.
 
 I begin the never ending cycle of falling and picking myself up.
 I have but one thought-
 Will I ever stay up high in the sky?
 And not fall apart every time I get up?
 
 But,
 Though a cloud,
 I realize the truth.
 
 I will always fall.
 And I will always get back up.
 I am an endless cycle.
 
 I am
 
 -But a simple
 
 Cloud.

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