CLOUD PICTURES
 

Laid on my back gazing up at the sky

I made pictures from the clouds passing by
 

Sometimes it would seem they were hung so low

I could reach up and touch them and help them go
 

The days when the sky was grey overhead

We stayed indoors and played games instead

I loved the magic of playing I spy

Laying on my back squinting up at the sky 

Seeing houses, people and ships at sea

It was strange how many things I could see
 

Though the other kids tried with all their might

They never spotted the things I would sight
 

Complained I made things up and could not see

Those pictures that were oh so clear to me

I just laid back with a smile on my face
Watching the clouds in their heavenly chase

At times I saw some silver lined ones too
Not very often, but more than a few

In my youthful days I just never knew
Clouds absorbed and reflected sunlight too
 

That they emitted heat with the effect 
Of reducing the heat on our planet

All I knew was the joy they could bring 
To a child spending time picture making