Wednesday, May 08, 2019

earth note 680


first sun thru the trees
coming up like an eye
starting to focus

the process seems deceptively simple
with only minor adjustments
but you've been fooled so many times

from the valleys and foothills
of hardwood pennsylvania

to rubber forests in thailand

cold straight tamarack
through the lake country
minnesota to the laurentides
of quebec

late risers from the san juan peaks
to the shadows of painted walls
on the gunnison

the high desert
is always lonely
just before daybreak

even the oceans
tremble in the moment

holding on
with ephemeral hand
i see in each fleeting instant
     a rising sun

--- e b bortz

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