Rockfowl

Late afternoon clouds

Linger over deep valley

Holding endless peaks.

 

Tiers of waterfalls

Crashing down deep green mountain

Through slices of stone.

Clouds fill with sunrise

Carry dawn colors from sky

Down dark mountainsides.

 

Laurel blooms at edge

Where forest creeps to water

River slowly flows.

Rhododendrons bloom

Single white flower echoes

Distant drifting clouds.

Tropical islands

Obscured by bright cotton clouds

Float off etched mainland.

Feathers fully fluffed

Bird shelters against raindrops

Of tropical storm.

Above drifting clouds

Plants stay short in cool thin air

Ocean far below.

Waking with dark night

Full moon unfurls bright blossoms

Closing up at dawn.

Cloud forest broken

Sharp rays of sunrise piercing

Through waking branches.