i took off my glasses to see the clouds they were unique and ever changing and I thought there is meaning here for too long I chose to see only what was in front of me and I became cold the shivers of fear and anxiety of a world perpetually on edge rotting my foundation i forgot to look at the horizon there was hope in these clouds each one unique never formed; always forming a clarity born of wonder and imagination the birds know this place where I cannot walk but where my dreams can fly a balance of land and sky