Clouds Have Always Been Women by Nanki Kandhari

One Poem Only · Sep 25, 2025 · 2m

Clouds Have Always Been Women Nanki Kandhari Clouds have always been women—braided in softness,swollen with storiesthey were never allowed to pour.They gather, quietly,between gossiping winds and forgotten rooftops,holding storms in their bellyso that the harvest may thrive.They do not arrive with announcements—only anklets of thunder,skirts stitched with rain,and a scent like old lullabies soaked in soil.You call them moody.I call them magnificent.They grey with waiting,then split open—gracefully—so you may breathe.They are motherswho refill rivers,loverswho never overstay,daughterswho drift…