Just Like Clouds Poem by Angela Bontle Ditumiso

I wake up in the middle of the night
Feeling like a pregnant woman
Words swirling, kicking in my belly
Waters breaking into my mind
Need to push words out

I don't know how many thank yous
I've collected into the pale of my heart
But there are enough to make me feel like
Maybe I'm not wasting my time
And maybe my poems ain't as vapid

I don't know why
I don't know how
But I keep giving out these poems
As presents
Maybe to help one cope with the present
Maybe to help one package the past
Where it belongs

I have always wanted to be just like the clouds
Claiming nothing as my own
Giving all that I have
I want to be a storage box for the world
I will give you what you need
When you need you it