you said that before

the phrase defining rim walk

(how short, flat, this hike)

one day they will know

that we live thirteen hours

from the Grand Canyon 

thirteen million years 

of miracles waiting here

beyond this short hike

they’ll remember this

(and Eiffel, Spain, Porto, love)

all we’ve given them 

the hike will seem short 

flat, greenway, wheelchair-friendly 

so easy, this life

thirteen years a mom 

they’ll remember this spring break 

miracles in view