There Are Flowers in the Clouds

A flower asked a bird if she had ever met a cloud, The Bird giggled & said:

"Of course - I've met many clouds."

"What are they like?" asked The Flower ~

"Oh they move almost constantly, always flirting with The Wind, they come to earth to catch water, but The Water never stays with them for too long... & The Clouds cry a lot.."

The Flower had seen and felt The Tears of The Clouds falling upon her since before she had her petals. Their cries helped her to come out from under the ground.

"I would love to meet a cloud some day..." The Flower sweetly said to The Bird.

The Bird laughed loudly, "Well the only way you're ever going to get to a cloud is if you uproot yourself & you know, that may kill you, right?"

"But didn't you say they come to The Earth sometimes for The Water?" The Flower asked with such optimism and hope.

"Well - yes. . . but" ~

~"So don't you think that maybe you can ask one to come visit me while they're here anyhow?"

"Perhaps, but I would have to fly for miles & miles. . ."

"Why do you wish to meet a cloud anyway? They're selfish creatures & eventually when they've stopped crying they disappear.. Some are so far away once they move that none of my family ever sees them again.. Why do you want to meet such a creature?"

"Their tears.. The Rain - Oh.. When it falls on me. . . I can see every where they have gone to pick up water, & in their tears, in The Rain... I've seen so many faces & places. . . So many other flowers, oceans, other creatures tears. . . I've never cried before, it's almost as if the clouds know and see everything & everyone. . . I want to meet a cloud because I've seen into their tears &. . . Well I would like to know what it is like to be inside of their memory, & to love as deeply as they do, as freely. I would like to know... what it would be like to cry upon The Earth... To love water like that & to roam to wherever I might be able to ~ all in hopes to attain what it would take to make a cloud cry the way The Rain has shown me... It seems silly to admit, I suppose."

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"What a strange response.." The Bird added finally. . .

"Sadness - tears - rain - heartbreak these are not seen in glamour. . But what you've said is something that I know my friends will delight in hearing & especially The Ocean! Oh The Water will get a good laugh & wait until The Sun & The Moon hear of this. . .

A flower who wishes to be a cloud!"

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"I never said I wished to BE a cloud, only to meet one."

"Right you are, pardon me if it seemed as though I was making your hopes into a joke - it is just so out of the ordinary, your hopes, your dreams, other birds sing about The Humans and dreaming we hear them talking about it all the time. Birds dream too, and now I know that flowers dream also. It will take me some time and I will have to convince a cloud to come, but I assure you, when and if I return, I will have a cloud with me."

The bird spread her wings and left for many moon phases, but during The Winter, when The Fog was thickening around The Ocean Tides, after singing so many songs, after much hard work flying for miles and miles, The Bird convinced The Kindest Cloud she could possibly find - to join her on her journey back to The Flower.

During her journey The Bird discovered that The Clouds do not speak... That's why The Water always leaves them and rushes back into the depth of The Ocean, The Waves sing a song that every drop of water comes together to rejoin for - The Water loves The Clouds very much, but has to make them cry so that they may return to listen to The Song of The Waves.

When The Bird returned with The Cloud. . .

The Flower & The Cloud fell in love almost instantly.

Without words - without a way of explanation, The Cloud lifted up the beautiful Flower petals into The Sky & went up ~

~up in an unspeakable ascension...

All of the other clouds had seen flowers, but never thought to spend time with them. . . Soon enough, The Bird told all of her friends: The Ocean especially loved The Love Story, eventually The Moon heard the news & every drop of water came together to make a song created by The Tidal Waves; before too long something magical had happened. When The Sun and The Waterfalls heard The Song created by The Tidal Waves in The Ocean, a rumor spread all over The Earth:

The Clouds, after being so patient, finally had love ~ & when they picked up The Water, they cried for all of The Earth, to let The Water rejoin with The Ocean once more, but this time it was not tears of sadness, that the clouds cried ~ their tears became tears of immense joy and gratitude.

One day after several of The Clouds heard this story, they came to take The Water to The Ocean, but while they were picking up The Water, they also found happy Flowers to share love with- they cried their tears of joy & some thing magical happened upon The Earth, something that made The Water, The Clouds, The Sun and all of the creatures existing on The Earth so joyous. The Clouds cried their tears of joy, for The Love of The Flowers and The Love of The Rain, and something wonderful was born... By reflecting from The Joy of The Sun, The Love of The Water ~ Water Falls, and The whole Ocean: The Clouds beamed out something for all of The Flowers to finally know what Love felt like.

The Humans & The Birds looked to the sky after the rain & they could see the colorful joy that The Flowers brought to the clouds, and The Humans called this a Rainbow not realizing there are Flowers in The Clouds.

So now every time you feel a Raindrop on your cheek, ~ although you may be sad that the Sun is hiding for a while ~ get ready to dance to The Song of The Ocean, because that means a Cloud is coming for The Water, and when they come for The Water, for The Humans Tears, many beautiful Flowers ask to join them on their journey, and in The Clouds, after you have danced in the rain, if you are lucky enough, when The Sun is shining bright, you will see The Love between all of these beautiful creatures and a bright Rainbow will remind you of so much love and happiness that comes from The Raindrops on your cheeks ~ The Raindrops that cover the whole earth, patiently awaiting the love of the Clouds to rejoin them with The Ocean. The Sun loves to hear this story.