The path I travel
Narrows in
The valley steepens
Clouds draw low
The road unmapped
The way obscured
Narrows in
The valley steepens
Clouds draw low
The road unmapped
The way obscured
Category: Landscape
Silken Veil
Oh, clouds!
Insistent weather brings
To harry mountains
Obscure the scene
I travelled far
Intent to see
But…
Soon enough
Beguile me
They dance and play
Revealing games
A silken veil
May hide the charms
But, no, no … please!
Don’t take it off
Molten Sky
This molten sky
Enveloping
Sweet nature’s towers
In cloudy flames
Of fiery grey
Which leap and dance
Yet leave no mark
But for the rain
Which splatters me
And like those fires
Burning orange hot
Renews the life
On mountainsides
Then when it’s past
This monochrome
Reveal the sun
To cast its light
On verdant slopes
With cotton peaks
Enveloping
Sweet nature’s towers
In cloudy flames
Of fiery grey
Which leap and dance
Yet leave no mark
But for the rain
Which splatters me
And like those fires
Burning orange hot
Renews the life
On mountainsides
Then when it’s past
This monochrome
Reveal the sun
To cast its light
On verdant slopes
With cotton peaks
Wind
The wind
It shakes me up
It shakes me down
I’ve been standing
In the still air
Far too long
I need
To get
Ruffled
Still not Still
A high country road
I stop beside a lake
Find a place which centers the moon
Wait for the headlights on the shore
I stop beside a lake
Find a place which centers the moon
Wait for the headlights on the shore
Click open
Wait (tick tick tick)
Twenty seconds wait
Click closed
Repeat
I watch the universe
In subtle motion
While my camera freezes time
Repose ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #112
I paddle on the water, rippley
The lake upon my shoulders, heavy
This effort bringing me repose
When following where nature goes
The lake upon my shoulders, heavy
This effort bringing me repose
When following where nature goes
Squirrel
Sometimes, like a child, I
Squint my eyes
To blur the world
A greener green
And crimson reds
To another realm go I
Squint my eyes
To blur the world
A greener green
And crimson reds
To another realm go I
There I see
Some small creature stand
Up on hind legs
With flicking tail
It looks at me
And chirps a bit
Rock ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #110
A trail through loose stone scattered
Gouged from mountains, crushed by time and ice, now at rest
Here I, immersed in the hiker’s mindful peace
Each measured step a meditative breath
Gouged from mountains, crushed by time and ice, now at rest
Here I, immersed in the hiker’s mindful peace
Each measured step a meditative breath
Though, could I see
The immensity of time
With the eyes of this still young Earth
Then peaceful moment lost
Turmoil and cataclysm of tumbling land
And in those eyes, what am I?
But a mote of dust
Lost to infinity
The Uncluttered I
I miss the desert
Its clarity
Its stillness
Its silent challenge
Its clarity
Its stillness
Its silent challenge
I miss the uncluttered I
Standing alone
In an expanse of sand
Steadfast ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #109
In this great rock
Am I reminded
In steadfastness
Still may I rise
Am I reminded
In steadfastness
Still may I rise
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