A cumulus cloud, a majestic vision
Takes my breath on a white-hot day.
With not enough moisture to threaten, even,
It’s Nature, high-piled in a friendly way.
No cathedral that is so lofty!
No alabaster so white and fair!
It takes its mountain of fluffy cotton
Away on the springs of the upper air.
by Ray Romine Saturday, April 3, 1954