The Indian princess owns the clouds

she opens and closes them 

with the blink of her eyes

 

She casts a veil

of billowing clouds in the sky

as she slumbers thru winter

 

Come spring the princess awakes

and begins to reveal the secret of her home

 

A magnificent mountain named Rainer

the strong counselor of her land

 

The mountain commands respect

with it's ominous possibility

 

The Indian princess cloaks Rainer with her clouds

sharing her secret when she chooses

with the blink of her eyes

By Lynn Hahn