Serene Quest

This is a poem about hiking in mountains.

 

In search of quiet solitude I travelled

To drink in peace through my windows;

Touching  a Chivalrous valley with my eyes

So magnificent my very being departed for a moment.

 

This most wonderful journey takes me to the edge

Betwixt the green and sun-soaked valley that commands

My devotion and massages my mind to such a degree

That my spirit leaps within to bond with the beauty.

 

Of trees and shadows and sunlit angles,

The aspens and marshes and liquid trains rolling

Beckons me to melt into canvass of nature and

Demand that I listen to the roar of sweet nothings.

 

But as I attend to this spectacle as an iron to magnet

A silent voice of majesty gazes down upon my being.

Open sky, dancing clouds and walls of gray welcome

Sunrays, squeezing tears, creating life on the Giant.

 

The shadows on the mountain chased gently placed snow

As the movement of Spirit pushed white into blue

As I looked back at the granite with ceiling of motion

And realized this was the real life, this was true.

Steve   10/24/08

 

Reviews

[Aspiring Angel]

This is stunning in its beauty my friend. As always a real pleasure to drop in on you.

Hugs,
Lesa

[jen]

such an an aptly named poem steve...

love this:
"This most wonderful journey takes me to the edge

Betwixt the green and sun-soaked valley that commands

My devotion and massages my mind to such a degree

That my spirit leaps within to bond with the beauty."

i recognize that feeling of emotion when you are truly 'in the moment' when surrounded by the beauty of nature ... it almost feels like a person's soul leaps for joy and in embrace......

love it and actually feel a bit more serene after reading it (ok it could be that i am no longer at work and it is friday... but serene all the same)

well done sweetie