DAZZLED

Kennedy Lake

photo by A&J's Retirement Adventure blog

I am driving home through the mountains,

and I'm writing this poem to you,

Mother Earth,

because you dazzle me.

This morning,

you have your best

blue sky and sunshine on.

Snowy peaks glisten

at the summit,

gauzy clouds wrapping

the slopes' shoulders

like prayer shawls.

Tall trees are draped 

in winter snow jackets,

and  lake and  sky

change places,

the water is so clear.

Around every corner,

vista after beautiful vista

leaves me breathless,

and the only word I have for you,

today,

again and again, is

"Woooooowwwwwww!"

Ocean Mist Guest House photo

I drove through the mountains heading home this morning, and didnt have my camera with me. If I had, I would have stopped twenty times, the beauty was that breathtaking. The scenery is always spectacular, along that highway, though the road itself is a bit worrisome. But this morning, Mother Nature exceeded herself. She pulled out all the stops.  I wrote this poem in my mind as I traveled. I am now back at my desk, and have a lot of catching up to do. It is a glorious sunny day and I am ecstatic to be here, on the West Coast, on Planet Earth, in early spring.

for Sumana's prompt at Midweek Motif: Word.