Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Cedar Breaks, July 2021

 Snowstorm last night drifted north

and left an atmosphere of

cotton clouds against the blue

This world seems rounder way up here


Red cliffs in ribbons with spangled light


A remnant cool on my skin with

dampness in the mold

are helping me to breathe again


How sick do we become before the deadwood

is consumed

and bluebells and bumblebees return


I need this purging of the sky, I want my lungs

to hold it in, this mountain air


Nepenthe in a fallen grove


So weary and so old

so close to heaven

in my bones


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