Along the Way I've Learned

By Divine Ms. Moon

Clouds are not the cheeks of angels, you know

They’re only clouds.

Friendly sometimes, but you can never be sure.

If I had longer arms I’d push the clouds away

or I’d make them hang above the water

somewhere else,

But I’m just a man who needs and wants,
mostly things he’ll never have.
Looking for that thing thats hardest to find:
himself.

I’ve been going a long time now
along the way I’ve learned some things.
You have to make the good times yourself,
take the little times and make them big times,
and save the times that are all right
for the ones that aren’t so good.
I’ve never been able to push
the clouds away by myself.
Help me.
Please?

                              ~ Rod McKuen