You walked out of love
there was no reason for hate
be gentle as a dove
a new life awaits for you to celebrate

(a travelogue cont...)

Waiting for summer
just outside the tallest
mountain’s door

Where the emerald vale
streams spring glacial-grey
river waters,
west into the setting
midnight sun

Another resplendent day’s
paling whisper set free
in an unseen blink
and an unheard sigh

In these unwonted moments  
eyes rise up to touch
the beckoning sky
like a bug drawn
to the light

Upward over
highest mountain's skies
abides everything
worth rising for

It's so rare
in this fleeting life,
when a dream
for a moment
comes true ―
 
you come to understand
how deep is silence

and ...
it doesn’t really matter
when there’re no words


harlon rivers

June 9th. 2018
11:55 pm Denali sunset ...
"don't dream it's over"

What you think
what you do
what you say-
that's prayer

Do not measure me
unreal is my outside
a camouflage built tightly
a deception there does reside.

We are often the
  most critical

Of what we are the
  most guilty of

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2015)

Can prayer overcome
  karma

Can wishes rise above
  fate

Can memory displace
  what vision instills

Can love pass beyond
  —without hate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)