fall aspens: golden
it’s worth the annual drive
and finding our path
Classic Colorado
exercise
Swim
always find water.
brings relief to a hot hike
or just a hot day.
Sparkle
i will hike alone
well my puppy comes, of course
we seek alpine lakes
yet i must admit
this elevation gain kills
forty-something legs
but when the lake shines
on my ever-happy pup
it is so worth it
Too Hot to Believe
only this sunrise
shaped by feared wildfires
could make these strange scenes
Still the One (Twenty-two Years)
you can’t get this far
without climbing some mountains
oh, but the aspens.
Colors of the Sky
we’re home now. screen time.
i want to keep the rainbow.
the perfect sunset pic.
the lake moon rising.
the soothing sound of tent rain.
just being. outside.
Note to Path-Following Cyclists
please shout, “On your left!”
while passing pedestrians
(also cyclists)
i know that you can.
don’t pass me as i pass peds
(don’t be an assbike)
So Hot. So Worth It.
a hike can’t save us.
the heat seems to want us dead.
but the masks? yes. yes.
all the Boulderites.
they get it. even on trails.
why is it so hard?
you could have this view.
away from the pandemic.
if you’d just listen.
Cilantro (Culantro)
he corrected me
even though it’s in Spanish
white buds. so pretty.
‘no’ is a new word
yet so familiar to me.
so adolescent.
we’ll see where this goes.
a flat road to nowhere fast?
or the sky, endless?
We Can Pretend
a lazy lake day
calmer than a quarantine
peace (so far from peace).
