Poems By A Lonely Cloud

I Liked Him

I really liked him
He was the one I liked best
I didn't like him for his looks
Although he is cute
I didn't like him for his talent
Although he is great
I didn't like him for his brains
Although he is intelligent
I liked him not because of those
But because he lets me like clouds
I like clouds a lot
Watching them drift and form and disband
I like watching the sky after it rains
I like them fluffy and white
I like them dark and brooding
I like them when its pregnant with rain
I like them when its wispy and dispersing
I like to watch them in silence
And point out any shape I see
I like clouds
That isn't really hard to see
I liked him because he lets me talk
We were talking and I interrupted
He was telling me about something
But I saw a shape in the clouds
I told him all I have seen
And he listened patiently and laughed with me
He didn't scold me for acting like a child
He didn't snap at me for interrupting
No, he laughed when I told him I saw a dragon and a ship
He asked me to talk what about what I see
And told him every single detail
He appreciated what I have to share
Even though what he was saying was lost to me
Instead of grumpily grumbling about my idiocy
He started another conversation full of ideas
Ideas that tickled my imagination just right
We talked about the universe
And what may be beyond ours
We talked about the deep ocean
And what may be underneath
We talked about the world
And exchanged thoughts and opinions
It didn't involve games and flirting
But we both had fun
So do you understand why I liked him?
He understands me the way no one else does
That I act childish not because I think like a child
But because I appreciate things only children can
I appreciate the beauty of the sky and our world
I watch in wonder at the magnificence of nature
He understood that I appreciate the little things in life
And he didn't mind, not at all
Instead, he appreciated them with me
And that is the story my friends
Of the guy I liked although he didn't like me back