Crabtree Falls Trail, June 2012

About the poem: I often go on short hiking trips. this poem was inspired by a hard up-hill trail at Crabtree Falls. I am not much of a nature poet but I gave it a try, here.

 

 

 

Crabtree Falls Trail, June 2012 

 

 

to ease the pressure on both knees

        I slow my walking pace at point four overlook

climb over the metal railing

             safely reach smooth dry rocks

 

shallow pools rich with decomposed heaps

        of injured roots   colonized fungi

sheets of algae fallen through vibes of fertile cycles

        nourishing the growth of thriving water

 

 

grasses crowned like brides in sheers of white florets

             and jumble of broken boulders

where stone splinters bare the scars of violent storms

        spirit-touch of Cherokees and Monacan

 

 

heated pores of trail-runners

        training to conquer the Seven Summits

embedding echo-sound of human resilience

    intruder of wonderment in massive pulse of nature