Tag: beauty

As if there were heaven

I don’t know
If there is a heaven

But I try to live every day
As if it were a tread
On the staircase
Which would take me there

The light does not come unbidden
But is always there

All I need
Is to open my eyes

Remembering

That by “eyes”
I mean heart

We climbed
And climbed
All day we climbed

And then we rested
Ate and slept a little
Then rose
Rose up in the dark

And then we climbed
And climbed some more
Torches in our hands
Footfalls stiff
On granite cold

I watch over
The underdogs
And lost causes

I assure
Their voices
Are heard

I speak for them
When they cannot
Speak for themselves

We approached the ziggurat
Towing over thirty feet of living space
Exiting
The Valley of the Gods

Switchbacks, gravel and steep grades
More than a thousand feet straight up
I wondered
At the wisdom of this drive

Then the thought
Each adventure ever had
Begins with
Just a little bit of faith

Nature’s architects
With little more than time and sand
A little wind, a spot of rain
Build great cities
Rife with ornament

From the grey
Unbroken void
Ancestors rose
Their voices rang

With their first step
Began their song
Which made the land
I stand upon

I sit upon this Earth
And revel in her choices
The miracles
That Nature makes

No strokes go wrong
She’s always right
And so I learn
What beauty is

Some people see the light
And embrace it
The light becomes
A part of them

In time
With practice
They become
The light

In the summertime
The fires come
The forest is
Renewed

But even if
You’re nowhere near
The sky is filled
With smoke