Protruding granite and soil
Silent definition of power and time.
Towering peaks covered in snow.
Mountains define nature’s quiet strength.
Shimmering rustle of silver and yellow.
Flashing against an azure background.
White bark piercing the sky.
Aspens define nature’s palette.
Tinkling and trickling.
Beginning as a bubbling stream.
Gathering resources as it flows.
Rivers define nature’s persistence.
Arbitrary borders attempt to confine the beauty.
Assigning it to one set of political entities.
But the ferocious intensity cannot be contained.
My heart beats in the landscape that is the Rockies.