Observations and Insights
on the Nature of Things
This monthly column features brief essays, poems, poetic micro essays and photography by Eve West Bessier, Poet Laureate Emerita of Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico. Look for a new post on the first of the month.
Cedar – Habitat – Sabbatical
Let me take a sabbatical,
seek out a wild habitat
for my too-tamed mind.
Find a secret hide-away
with ample elevation,
a wide-angled view.
Add a few cedar
and juniper trees,
an aspen grove
on a high slope.
Provide a sanctuary
where sunlight plays
on granite and teases
the emerald skin of lakes.
Gently place me
where I can breathe
thinner air,
bathe my lungs
in alpine coolness,
remember
from where I came,
remember
my own name,
remember
the nature
of the golden ratio,
the shape
of ancient change.
Photo credit: Eve West Bessier, “Mountain Zen” 2016
