The Tree and the Cloud By Huilan The tree desires movement But he cannot fly high His roots dig into the earth He must stand here Because it’s his fate The cloud longs to stop But must fly She only has mind and heart But no root She cannot touch the earth This also is her fate There is always this distance They cannot touch each other The tree cannot think of anything else Because he has no choice But after meeting cloud He wants to open his arms With warmth imagination To light up his whole life But the cloud is floating forever She’s high in space as always Sky walking with a beautiful shape and a song Resting in the tree when tired She wishes to stop for a while But she can’t So she tears herself into shreds And becomes the rain Showering the ground The tree and the cloud Have nothing in common But they breathe the same air And love the blue sky Their meeting is tragic But their love a miracle |