From the valley floor
Yearn for the peaks
And high mountain passes
Though the paths I see
Attain neither peak nor pass
Trapped in this valley of lassitude
Photographically Inspired Writing
Tag: mountains
Haze ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #179
Through the haze
Of day I peer
Of day I peer
Now what is near
Seems quite clear
But far from here
Is more obscure
Detail lost
Colour sallowed
Though sun breaks through
Its presence mellowed
Yet, still
Rise
I see the beauty
It’s not so very far
And a road which leads
From shadow to the light
From the broken lands
To where snow-capped pinnacles
It’s not so very far
And a road which leads
From shadow to the light
From the broken lands
To where snow-capped pinnacles
Rise
Though I see
Not so very far ahead
I take the road
Into the valley maze
And trust myself
To find the way
An Ode to The Seven
I see The Seven
In the land
The textures
The gestures
The shapes and lines
In the land
The textures
The gestures
The shapes and lines
And the colours
Oh the colours
Ever vibrant
Even this brown earth
They painted
With expansiveness
Let the grandiose
Dominate the brush
Then I
So happy
For just a hint of them
Through the glass
Held in my hand
Be Still
I find myself in moments
When even my hyper-active mind
Knows to be still
And listen
When even my hyper-active mind
Knows to be still
And listen
Let nature speak
Perfect
This perfect valley
In the perfect light
With the perfect clouds
Make a perfect moment
In the perfect light
With the perfect clouds
Make a perfect moment
This perfect is mine
Not the valley’s
Not the light’s
Not the clouds’
I remind myself
True happiness
Is found in finding
The perfect in everything
Heights ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #164
From the Golden State’s
Golden heights
I kick back
Golden heights
I kick back
Refreshed by the cool breeze
Chilling the fire
Of the hot sun
Atop the curvilinear delights
Of hillocks dappled
With grasses and pines
Where even infinity seems so close
I could touch it
Right there
As the curve of the Earth
Rounds the line
Where ocean meets the sky
