Poetry
Finding Peace in the Desert
The Maverick is the free spirit that follows its own
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Cenizo
Third Quarter 2010
Shadows on the desert floor
A mosaic of shapes.
The sun reflects off the mountain ridges,
Silent land, peaceful.
How many have stood here before us and contemplated this beauty?
Did they find strength and courage?
Will there be others that come after us to walk these same paths?
We feel the peace of the desert.
If we listen we hear the voice of God in the wind
The jagged peaks, strong and forbidding.
The shadows of the sun and clouds chase each other across the heights.
Silently, we glide along the river, this border between two worlds.
We look beyond the politics of the river to see its beauty.
We hear the silence of the land,
This river that continues on its long journey pays no heed to conflict,
It will always be,
So also human impact
For good?
For ruin?
Morning clouds, heavy and low, hang over the desert.
The wind is still.
Janis Shelton