Clouds

by Ori C. Li

// like thick rolled steam // computer white on sky white // earthly greens on jacket green // it

might rain today // the underside is shaded with bumps of gray // as gray as the sea // the sun

reduced to a haze

// I woke up in a lazy daze // I know not to drink coffee right away

so as to rise slowly to the sound of our heartbeats //

I remember when it rained so hard the window wipers would tire as we would //

// I was driving along the shoreline // I didn’t know where we were going // I guess it didn’t matter // I trusted you // we trusted each other // it was okay to drive and make turns // we turned and turned round and round // up and down with the road // carved into the side of volcanic rock //

a thing to be sure of //

// after all you said:

Trust your intuition

// even if you can’t see the sun

even when I’m not there anymore//

Ori C. Li is an undergraduate in MA with interests in writing, drawing, and aimlessly wandering around town. She has been featured on It’s Lit With PhDj.

Illustration by Samzok Wangdi