Meghdooth

A distant cloud catches my sight

As if Australia were afloat

Nearly so, Adelaide's a greyish blur

I've seen this before, I kid you not

One evening fifteen years ago

Unburdening, my lungs dried out

For a young heart prematuredly battered

The endless sky held escape routes

Gliding clouds guarded bitter secrets

Untethered by imposed reality

Integrating, disintegrating, a bead

In a string of eternal reincarnation

Undying, free-floating spirit

It stood above me

Waiting for updates

And I compared notes

Farewell my friend, I wish you well

Some day when I look up

Will you still be there?

I'll bring new tales with a fresh start

Each time, let's erase the past.