In this great rock
Am I reminded
In steadfastness
Still may I rise
Am I reminded
In steadfastness
Still may I rise
Tag: Alberta
Giants ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #108
In this hard-scrabble place
Where little life lives
I walk amongst the lichen and scrub
Like a giant
On giant’s shoulders
All my world
Its worries and attachments
Lie far, far below
Where little life lives
I walk amongst the lichen and scrub
Like a giant
On giant’s shoulders
All my world
Its worries and attachments
Lie far, far below
I linger here
With the sun
My fading friend
As the cool night advances
I am clear and light
As the rarefied air
Beauty is Beauty
I explore
I break trails
Find my way
Through unknown lands
To destinations yet
Undiscovered
Unreconnoitered
Unexpected
I break trails
Find my way
Through unknown lands
To destinations yet
Undiscovered
Unreconnoitered
Unexpected
This is what I live for
Finding a new path
To a beautiful place
Rarely visited before
But I live too
For the well-worn trail
The short, easy hike
To a well-known vista
Of no small beauty
Tumult ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #107
Like the water
Calm as a lake
With not so much
As a breezy ripple
So am I
Calm as a lake
With not so much
As a breezy ripple
So am I
Let the world
Fall away
Lose my ground
And a mighty tumult
Become I
The Grey Between
In the black that’s without white
Only the grey between
I find my way seeking light
Though nothing bright here can be seen
With no colour
No hint of saturation
Only tone and faintest texture
Detail limited to imagination
Only the grey between
I find my way seeking light
Though nothing bright here can be seen
With no colour
No hint of saturation
Only tone and faintest texture
Detail limited to imagination
I find the beauty
In the lines
The forms
And open space
Which let me roam
The Lowest Road
This road
Between
The peaks
It cleaves
The valley floor
But I
Would climb
Into the sky
If I
Could find
A path
To take me there
But where
No path’s
Been cut
I have not
The will
To blaze
The trail
Up to
The heights
And so am I
Confined
To roam
The lowest road
Below
The sun
Between
The peaks
It cleaves
The valley floor
But I
Would climb
Into the sky
If I
Could find
A path
To take me there
But where
No path’s
Been cut
I have not
The will
To blaze
The trail
Up to
The heights
And so am I
Confined
To roam
The lowest road
Below
The sun
Veil ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #105
Difficult it is
To remember beauty
Especially my own
When the veil of anger
Occludes my vision
Shrouds my being
To remember beauty
Especially my own
When the veil of anger
Occludes my vision
Shrouds my being
Anger Clouds
Anger never served me
But for its reminder
That my thinking was clouded
And truth obscured
By slavery
To emotion
But for its reminder
That my thinking was clouded
And truth obscured
By slavery
To emotion
Magic Castle
This golden hour
This magic light
Reminds me of
My brightest days
Times when I
Could do no wrong
Creative might
Insightful mind
This magic light
Reminds me of
My brightest days
Times when I
Could do no wrong
Creative might
Insightful mind
Beautiful Corridor
Confined by valleys
Trees and roads
Through narrow corridors
Can I roam
But all so beautiful
I can’t bemoan
The choices few
My pathway home
Trees and roads
Through narrow corridors
Can I roam
But all so beautiful
I can’t bemoan
The choices few
My pathway home
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