Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Storm on Hunter Hill

http://outdoorhikingtrek.com/blog/trips/california/bay-area/vallejo/blue-rock-springs-hike/
Photo: outdoorhikingtrek.com 


Pure line 
slopes skyward

massive, dry, 
creased clusters 
cast-rock,
hard shale, 

till crevasses,  
small streams, fill with rain, 
increase to flash-flood
greedy hands
grab pebbles, haul branches,
crashing to the road
below.

The rain wants it all down,
to sink it into the sea, 
level proud mountains,
make all things 
equal,

but the rising line flows
to a distant ridge
where dark oaks
hold out
for hard, blue 
day.

(2 Nov 2011)

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