Rockfowl

Tiny snow mountains

Mirror shape of distant peaks –

Reflecting blue sky.

Late afternoon sun

Branches catch the angled light-

Shadows cut the snow.

Colorful canyons

Topped by snow of passing storm-

White as winter clouds.

Clinging to steep cliff

Icicles in frozen stream

Water paused by cold.

In desert silence

Jagged peaks tilt sharply down

To valley below.

Caught in sunset glow

Single pebble washed on shore-

Pacific relic.

Night creeps from valleys

Mountains cradle sunset sky-

Rock the clouds to sleep.

Slanted shadows fall-

Sun casts long tendrils of light

Onto wind carved stone.

High on the mountain
Branches wrapped in ice cocoon-
Glitter in sunshine.

Folds of the mountains
Catch the drifting sifted snow-
Fill with white silence.