A Single Cloud In The Nighttime Sky

There was a single cloud out in the sky tonight. It sat alone, held aloft by nothing more than its own desire to be there. I wondered what it was doing there, with no cloud friends to keep it company. It rested amongst the few visible stars, and was positioned across the sky from the moon, which shone brightly with no curtain of clouds to block its light.

The air was still and I drove along, listening to the radio. But all the while, I wondered, does this cloud realize it is alone? Does it know that all the other clouds have gone to bed? It's night and it's dark, and I don't believe it belongs there.

And yet, there it stayed, small and puffy, so beautiful in its wonder. It must be lonely, though, to be a single cloud in the nighttime sky.