What Am I Riddles

What am I riddles are riddles in which you must identify what is being described by the riddle. These riddles often use a play on words to try and trick you.

Black Child

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

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