The Cloud Effect is an adult poetry book intended to inspire, intrigue, and spark awareness in the minds of its readers. It is my legacy. It is full of the external and internal triumphs and struggles of which we all face on the daily basis. As well as my own personal experiences as an African in America. Over a period of 5 years, I have been constructing these poetry pieces. They will explain my perspective on consciousness, education, miseducation, love, society, the government, politics, religion, history, and other various topics. The purpose of this book is to educate and entertain an perspective on life that you may not realize or understand in your own current path. The Cloud Effect has poems that everyone can relate too and mentally benefit from. You might read a poem that will have you motivated to achieve your dreams, make you cry, have you fall in love, research various topics, question societies current system, as well as question your own actions as a human being. I wish you all the success in life, If it is not at the expense of someone else's. I leave you with these final words. "My brothers and sisters do not be blind to the distractions in life. For which we are all connected"... Rodney Cloud Hill