I have become reticent each year adding dark to my lightness I remember vaguely when I radiated it was not so long ago
now the rock retribution etched settles solid on my chest I cannot see the feather I once was drifting from this high place faith the air beneath me
balanced where edge meets air above the green unfolding alpine jewels reveal the face of the goddess sleeping
clouds seep ragged a softly closing circle I am riding the cloud center trees dripping bearded lichen witness my ascent
There is an old fire lookout I used to hike to in my youth - High Rock Lookout. When I need to mentally revisit a place and time where anything seemed possible, I still go there.