POETRY | FREE VERSE
Grand Canyon Mysteries
GiaB prompt #2 — the natural wonders of the world
When I look upon your majestic gape
I desire to know your past — today holds
little interest to what once was
Only then captures my imagination
What wisdom do these boulders hold
from the days before their fissures
How many millennium passed
before you were even exposed to sky
Whose feet walked upon that land
man and beast — together or alone
before the earth trembled, cracked
before flood waters tore a path through
Were your lands ever lush with forests
or stretch for miles like African savannas
while to the north land choked in ice
or were you always so sparse as now
With all your grandeur and mystery today
what secrets you must hold from long ago
and if I could but breathe them in, absorb
then I’d capture the wisdom of your soul
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Thanks to Victor Sarkin for this wondrous prompt — The Natural Wonders of the World
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Lori Carlson writes poetry, fiction, articles, creative non-fiction and personal essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Nature, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Life and Death, and the LGBTQ+ community. Check out her personal Medium blog here.
