CAPTURED CLOUDS

clouds catch
a glimpse of themselves

in a meander
of a river

before shape shifting
yet again

into a pod of whales
migrating across the vast

ocean
of time

that are trapped
in oils

as the painter
holds them

firmly in place
and they hang

on the living room
wall admired by all

who come
across them

except the artist
who is constantly annoyed

they she didn't
quite get them right.