Desert Earth and Sky

 

Where desert Earth and Sky meet

multi-hued hills caress the air

ringed layers of terra firma history

rise out of the desert floor,

there's only silence

  except for the wind or raven's call.

Where desert Earth and Sky meet

Native Americans tread lightly

in reverence for ancestors

their spirits linger among the hills

and climb them to touch the sky

arms raised in prayer.

Where desert Earth and Sky meet

I felt my soul stir

its beauty clutching at my heart

its wildness yet untamed

its essence uncaptured

even in photographs.

Where desert Earth and Sky meet~

I visit there often

in my dreams.

Rose S. Williams

©Southernstoryteller~2009

This poem was inspired by this photo and the memory of this beautiful place in the Painted Desert in Arizona. I felt the spirits of those who lived there before us...their voices were in the wind.