October 9, 2025

The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone

Standing next to
the smashing lower falls
of the raw Yellowstone Canyon 
is like witnessing
a Wallops Island night launch, 
or holding onto the rail 
at Los Alamitos
as a dozen quarter horses
thunder past –

The ground rumbles respect,
the air roars approval,
and the only right response
to such staggering sublime,
such earth-melting power,
–besides kneeling –
is celebration.

That this exists – and we are here – 
to not just see  – but feel – 
Overloading every sense
we have – 
and then some. 
To rediscover what we've
always known.

And dance.