by Amy Uyematsu
Delicate arches, spires, and castles
giant robed goddesses of stone
await our arrival
~ ~ ~
Unimagined,
this stark red beauty -
almost cruel
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Mountaintop arch - where
stone, raven, lovers
touch sky
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Endless walls of red -
now pink then orange -
whose sly paintbrush
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One more juniper -
desert sandstone gives birth
to evergreen
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Just enough hardness,
just enough balance -
local secret for survival
~ ~ ~
Stone keeps asking
whose voice will sing
our stories
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