Rockfowl

Silhouettes of grass

Sway on shore of pastel lake

Dyed by setting sun.

River whittles rocks

Smoothing edges countless days

Boulders to pebbles.

Sun peers over peak

Color seeps back into sky

Clouds set on fire.

Glowing in sunset

Tree remembers stormy nights

Sculpted by cold winds.

In leaf draped darkness

Cascade plunges between stones

Roars in green silence.

Color drains from earth

Water mirrors fading sky

Tree turns to shadow.

Trees crowd together

Zigzag branches reach for clouds

Gathered over peaks.

Early morning fog

Veiled forest flickers through gray

Flowing up from stream.

Dark mountain below

Sunset clouds billow with light

Instant before night.

Behind waterfall

Sunlight catches thousand drops

Plunging down to earth.