guarantee

clouds drift
like i do
across the sky
i trace my name
stare with one eye open
as if at the doctor's
offices packed
with the busy and the sick

children run across the sidewalk
with their worst worries
not to step on the cracks

open the clouds
and sunlight pours
onto these children and me
still i stare at the sky
maybe i will turn into a cloud
with my insides ripped out                      
to shine
like the tired sun

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5.14pm