Even under the duress
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty
Tag: mountains
Occluded ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #135
Oh the grandiosity
Of mountain ranges
Under cloudless skies
Of mountain ranges
Under cloudless skies
Though here demurred
Occluding smoke
Smothers valley’s depth and scale
Still, upon a closer look
The trees, a ridge
A jagged line
And then another
Slight serrated edge
The third and fourth both smoother still
So scale restored
I can imagine depth, at least
As this choking smoke occludes my breath
Called
The road goes on ahead
Down, down, down
Into the smokey valley
Down, down, down
Into the smokey valley
But I would stay here
Above the floor
Above the fray
In the unfettered sun
Where the mountain breeze
Clears the air, so pure
If not for the call
And the necessity
For the work
Daybreak
Gently
I enter the day
Warming slowly
To the light
The birdsong
The clackety rumbling
Of footfalls and engines
Outside the window
As existence draws me back
Into being
I enter the day
Warming slowly
To the light
The birdsong
The clackety rumbling
Of footfalls and engines
Outside the window
As existence draws me back
Into being
Though, really
I could do with a few more hours
Of non-being
Astronomical Beauty
Sometimes I wonder
If I have stepped onto another world
If I have stepped onto another world
But…
Could there be another place
In the universe
As beautiful as this one?
Serrated Edge
Serrated edge
Rips the sky
Sunders ice
Pleases eye
Rips the sky
Sunders ice
Pleases eye
Into the Heights
A ridge to climb
Into the heights
And touch the sky
Into the heights
And touch the sky
Dangerous
Treacherous
Perilous
But such is life
Even safe on
Valley floor
Respect the risks
Then undertake
To peak the crest
Halfway from the Valley to the Sky
A different world
Halfway from the valley
To the sky
Halfway from the valley
To the sky
The snow white beauty
Promising the bliss
Of expansive powder
In my mind
Are endless turns
Each a moment
Of transformation
Of perfect zen
Vibrant Explosion
In the cool calm
Of a dusky Sunday
Daylight expires
With a vibrant explosion
Of a dusky Sunday
Daylight expires
With a vibrant explosion
This Fair Land
This land
Which called to me
Then said, “Stay!”
Which called to me
Then said, “Stay!”
To which I return
No matter how far
Astray
I wander
I seek
But carry always
This fair land
Which speaks my heart
Which I am, in all my being
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