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Meaning of Being

December 23, 2014
By michelle98 SILVER, Bellevue, Nebraska
michelle98 SILVER, Bellevue, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get," Forest Gump


Why do clouds look like clouds?
This is a question of being.
A testimony of living.
They don't look like bees, or trees, or knees.
They all have a different purpose.
No cloud looks the same, no cloud moves the same.
They all have their own pace.
Just like us.

What does it mean to “be”?
Are you a result of other peoples' actions or do you have   integrity and your own way of living?
Don't try and act like who you're not.
The person you are imitating has a different purpose.
Its not yours.

Clouds that take objects shapes are not original.
They are trying to fit in.
Like a puzzle, not all pieces can be the same.
You'd never get the picture.
Be like a Storm Cloud!
Loud, not taken back by the winds of adversity, free from sameness.

Answer the question:
Why do clouds look like clouds?
There are easy answers. Its scientific.
But the question: What does it mean to be?
This is not scientific,
but something you have to figure out for yourself.


The author's comments:

My little brother asked one night during dinner, "Why do clouds look like clouds"? I took this question to heart and thought it over in literary terms while everyone else thought about it in scientific terms. A few days later, I was inspired to write this poem.


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