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Tuft of Cloud

December 4, 2009
By JessicaAnne SILVER, Los Angeles, California
JessicaAnne SILVER, Los Angeles, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Don't ever waste your days, doing not what you dream to do."


A mist of memory lingers in my mind,
Of spirits pulsing freely with the wind.
Butterflies sang back, petals soft shined,
We’d dance among the roses, blooming, grinned.

Are these the wells in which I sink my dreams?
Sudden blur your presence fading fright.
Rest with me through travelling crystalline,
Vivid Iris always has his night.

Tiny prophet taught me joy in life,
Pure bliss of icy creeks and summer shade.
But wonder, halted, it cannot suffice,
In June the final days of our parade.

You will afar sing softly yet so proud,
For ever more you’ll be a tuft of cloud.


The author's comments:
My dog Simba died a few years ago unexpectedly in the middle of June; this sonnet is my ode to his spirit and his soul. Recalling the joy that dog brought me also yields a surge of emotion concerning the bliss of childhood. Simba, fluffy and white, although gone now will always be a tuft of cloud in the sky.

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