POETRY

Bottomless Lakes

Into the West Sonnet Series

New Mexico | Medium format film image by author

The land of enchantment appears slowly
where red dirt rolls into tufts of sage green
and 2D cowboys lounge, almost holy,
towering in the wild. A blue sky gleams
like a turquoise bead, strung time out of time,
present before the earth began to sink
in pockets, where she could store a lifeline
for the desert. At night clarity winks
into those depths from its own, a mirror
of eternity cracked open. This place
knows wonders and secrets. How much clearer
mysteries become when seen face to face.
I awoke and stretched in the sun, renewed,
restoring a heart that had come unglued.

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