Care For the Friendly Clouds

Style inspired by Adam Zagajewski

Leila Rodriguez

It is hard to care for something so shattered. Like a broken mirror, the bubble we live in is just one of many shards. Fires blaze not only on land but in our spirits, longing for change. It’s hard to appreciate something that holds so much pain. But if you take a moment to watch the wind whistle through the trees Or watch the light sky transform into a starry night, Everything disappears and the entrance to love opens. Try and remember adolescence, how running barefoot or gathering plants made you feel. Try to think of the shape-shifting clouds as your friends And let the long blades of grass hold you the way the arms of a lover once did. Look again at the world and appreciate nature’s unsteady heartbeat And protect her like you were once protected by those loving arms.