| Living in a Mountain Valley |
| Skip Rocks |
| Skip rocks across
A crystal surface To watch rainbows rise From trembling waters. Look up Let eyes arise To the heavenly surface Where the fish hawk flies. Reach out With palms turned up To be touched By the rippling wind. Listen to song Coming from eagle’s heart Stand firm Listen And hear. As mountains Spread their legs and From her bowels Lay the river On valley floor. Shimmering waters Flow over stones Gripping, life-giver Splashing throngs Bearing the good And the bad Enduring through Mountain walls Seeking glittering scales From oceans deep. But here stand I Simple pebble in hand Tossed to skip across The crystal face And watch rainbows rise From trembling waters. |
| by Beverlee A. Pettit |
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