Damazine – Cloud Nine

Cloud Nine
Tanja Cilia – Malta

Candy floss clouds.
On stratus cloud nine when you call me …
Under a pileus cloud when you don't.
Altocumulus, altostratus, billows, cirrostratus,
Words that flow like cumulonimbus, mellifluously
From the text; as “I love you” surges from your lips
Ten thousand times: never enough.
Visible masses; condensed droplets; frozen crystals.
Congealed tears. Homogenized sorrows.
Suspended in the atmosphere.
Contrail spiral on the horizon; future beckons ...
Orographic silver lining is our love.
Cumulus heaps of good weather and
Cirrus curls cascading on the pillows
With a life of their own.
Mammatus-nimbus-orographic-stratocumulus.
My head in the clouds when I think of you.

Tanja Cilia lives in Malta, Europe. She is a newspaper columnist, journalist, and features writer. She also formulates puzzles and writes poetry. Tanja has always been fascinated by the aura of words, and has been writing for Allied Newspapers (Malta) since she was 14 years old. Contact her at tanjachilja@hotmail.com.