{"line1":"The air is so thin,","line2":"I can hardly breathe.","line3":"Inside a cloud","line4":"to the east, west, north, south—","line5":"every side of the mist carries a memory of you:","line6":"your laugh","line7":"your furtive glance","line8":"your footsteps plodding forward.","line9":"Am I the only one freezing in the cold,","line10":"alone on the mountaintop?","line11":"Too frozen to move","line12":"familiar clouds passing by—","line13":"strands and figments","line14":"that keep my heart warm","line15":"as my body freezes","line16":"and my soul turns to rain","seoTitle":"Caught in a Cloud — A Poem of Longing and Memory on a Mountaintop","seoDescription":"A reflective poem about isolation and longing, where clouds carry memories of a loved one and the soul turns to rain — by Pemba Umoja.","keywords":"caught in a cloud poem, longing poetry, mountaintop poem, memory and isolation, reflective poetry, Pemba Umoja poetry, clouds and memory"}