Rockfowl

Ancient eyes staring

Chill ghosts of past prairies caught

Between earth and sky.

Below scudding clouds

Granite boulder statues float

Lapped by azure lake.

Water slips down rocks

Framed by green and yellow leaves

Falling through seasons.

Stars spread across sky

Aurora tints deep darkness

With flickering light.

Wind and water shaped

Bands of color stacked through years

Sunset paints the earth.

From autumn draped trees

Etched stone tower stands alone

Rising straight to sky.

River keeps carving

Snaking through ancient canyon

Water falls and flows.

Tentacles of clouds

Brush against serrated range

Receding from lake.