Unfold

Unfold (18-148B)

Shadows fold across jagged bluffs
Layers brown as weathered one upon the other
Decorated with sparse green scrub
Angle of light shifts in crevices

Rays unfold hidden contours

Vistas contort before my eye
Pushes out morning chill
Warmth reflects from the escarpment

Dirt and stone pancakes

A layer of time
Slowly erodes to wind and rain
Exposing rawness of time

Each canyon offers a time capsule

Of one's who have gone before
Places of passing through
Setting roots beside stream bed

Drinking in what the arid terrain offers

Only hardy survive
Harsh seasons cycle
Weeding out the fragile

A land for nomads

Wanders survive here
Suckle life giving nourishment
Just as each day season advances

Snow Serenely Falls

Snow serenely falls

Aspen leaves moan

In late Spring storm
Coats in beauty's purity

All hidden beneath the blanket

A ravenous loose covering multitude of sin
No longer exposed to all that's been
New day of joy's consummation

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-138A)

Light Echoes

Colorado National Monument

          Light Echoes

Light echoes with shadows

Playful symbiosis upon ridge

Hues of reds and earth tones

Shifting as shadows dance

Scrub dots the horizon

Arid land accommodates a lifestyle

Nature conforms to climate

As Man modifies water flow

Harsh line at water's boundaries

Even as water flows below the surface

Water and life forged

Simplicity of contrast

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-140C)