Tag: beauty

Highway Explorations

There is little more delightful to roadtrippers
Than a lightly used highway
Which does the exploring for us

When I see the light
Right there, before me
I try to remember

I may have to step
Through many doorways
To find its source

Arriving in Kashgar
Was like landing
On an alien planet
A stranger in a strange land

Sights, sounds, smells
Unlike anywhere else
In a country
Unlike anywhere else

They come for the snow
For the high mountain vistas
To be above the clouds
Above it all

They come to rise up
Then to speed down
To glide on silken slopes
The graceful arc of edges

All I need is
A canoe
A paddle
And a clear, calm mountain lake

With every stroke
I feel my tensions release
My thoughts slide down my arms
Into the paddle

There are places on this Earth
Which remind me
How grand it is
How beautiful
How divine

I never tire of Black Tusk
Regal spire
Grand obelisk
Born of fire

In the cool calm morning
I relax
Let my thoughts drift
On the clear water

They lap lightly
On the shores of consciousness

There are places
Of peace
Of tranquility

Places where we simply
Are

Places where we simply
Be

Fascinating
How often I find
Places of worship there

“Take my picture!”

She’d seen my camera
A foreigner with a camera

“Take my picture!”

Happily, I oblige
Line her up with the street
The cyclist, passing by