Tag: United States of America

Alien Places

It is in the alien places
Where I learn the most
About myself
About perspective

The place itself
Knows not
What it is

Set beside the gentle brook
Which cut the mountains high above
Now settled under gentle light
I wonder at the water’s might

O’er gentle time
In nature’s flow
The lightest rain
Must downward go

There are places
In this world
So breathtaking
And exquisitely
Beautiful

Words cannot
Describe them
Even a photograph
Provides barely a whisper
Of the truth

Ocean waves
Setting sun
Endless sand
Onshore breeze

Connecting me
To all that is
To all I need

A secret:

There is nothing
So formidable
As nature

Our bombs
Our industry
Our pillaging

She will adapt
She will survive
She will flourish

I have only just begun
To plumb my own depths

How can I ask you
To understand me

Scattered remnants
Run down and undermined
On burnt red gravel

Reminds me
Of Saturday morning
After a long week of long days

Visiting magical places
Invites magical thinking

The Earth boils up
Billowing
Like clouds in the sky

There are worlds I’ll never know
Existing all around me

My eyes, they cannot see
The fine details
In just a narrow band
Of frequencies