A strange blue lightweaves a spell around me
makes a click
makes a crunch
in this ol' granola soul
A strange blue light
wreathes around the mountains
draws me further
pulls me inward
pulls me upward
pulls me out
Out into the wilderness
up the peaks
across the ridges
I don't stop walking
I can't stop looking
could go forever
above the treeline
across June snowfields
surprising herds of elk
past glacial cirques
feeding rushing streams
This strange blue light
that bathes
rock-clad mountains
captures
this granola soul
Colorado
Crunch
and
Click
wreathes around the mountains
draws me further
pulls me inward
pulls me upward
pulls me out
Out into the wildernessup the peaks
across the ridges
I don't stop walking
I can't stop looking
could go forever
above the treeline
across June snowfields
surprising herds of elk
past glacial cirques
feeding rushing streams
This strange blue light
that bathes
rock-clad mountains
captures
this granola soul
Colorado
Crunch
and
Click
Who's that handsome companion in the last photo? For five days in the wilderness, you both look awefully "fresh." Wonderful pictorial to match those carefully choreographed words.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lyrical way to capture the essence of hiking...love the
ReplyDelete"ol' granola soul" bit too. Yay, you're in Colorado!!!
Those are gorgeous pictures! I am jealous (in a happy-for-you kind of way) that you get to live in such beauty.
ReplyDeleteI, too, love the "granola soul" line :)
Okay, yeah whose the guy carrying all the gear??
ReplyDeleteGreat pics and view.. Ohh the mountains,, they don't have that in the midwest..
happy trails..
Sorry, I think you've had to do this before (in a different variety) but I like you well enough to retag you. :)
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