Reflections

I stand in wind that blows

across the granite ridge

through forest, across meadows.

Vehicles on a distant highway,

serpentine among rock formations,

forest and meadows.

Metallic reflections of sunlight

flash in a clear mountain sky.

A half-turn away from civilization's

intrusion into these stone mountains,

quick king snake of summer

disappears between rocks below my feet.

On meadow between forests,

an elk and her calf feast on summer green.

Golden sunlight reflects from summer's river

and shines into a blue mountain sky.