How cliché my love of clouds is,
but I have been enjoying this
cloud watching pastime
since before I was nine.

Today Athena’s hair is
long and bluish grey
losing fluffy bits
as they fly away
as the day gains
more morning shades.

Behind a brick building
proceeding the rising sun
receding colors of night
become a pink and orange phoenix
fighting a dragon with a pink and purple underbelly.