August 13, 2024

The New Explorers

There is nothing
like the front range
on a clear summer's day
from a high point
on the approaching
eastern plain.

There is distance --
and there are distances --
Profiles stacked
in descending order;
a living depth of field.

But of course there's more.
Both hidden and implied.
Passes calling out
for passage --
"Depth calling unto Depth."

We are not so dominant
as we think we are --
Nor as shallow
as we seem to prefer.
We are tough for 
the journey--

And called by curiosity.