Life on Earth
Thoughts on Man and his Planet
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Still Here
after so many years
the good and the bad
the joy and the pain
the highs and the lows
through youth and vigor
through illness and aging
I am still here
and so are you
Saturday, July 6, 2024
The Trail
we met at a trail
on a summer day
the sky so blue
the air so clear
our path it seemed
would be the same
our mutual goal
a distant peak
so off we trudged
our packs so light
a steady climb
through fields and wood
the peak ahead
a sunlit dome
til lost behind
the crowded trees
and then we reached
a wall of rock
with several routes
to skirt its mass
so there we split
each choosing one
thinking that
we'd meet above
but we were lost
our paths diverged
and why that choice
I'll never know
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Fear
nature's gift
to keep us safe
a tool of man
to shake our will
endured by some
a badge of faith
a dark detour
from reason's path
a warning born
from deep within
a conscious choice
to take no chance
a learned excuse
to stay the course
a wayward trail
from freedom's path
Friday, May 24, 2024
South Platte
born in peaks
and fed by snow
she carved her path
through walls of rock
beyond those hills
a city sprawled
her bounty sought
her floods endured
so dams and chutes
control her flow
and woods she spawned
now fade to dust
but on she rolls
across the plains
her power drained
her glory lost
Note: Initially published in November, 2009
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