LANDMARKS

Wuknaw, Yokuts Creation Place

 

As children in the mountains

we learned to walk in the dark

on the uneven ground we knew

sometimes shadowed by starlight

or an occasional moon.

 

It was a wonder watching it rise

behind the far pines

as we lay on our backs

supposing excitedly about something

long since resolved,

 

but such a luxury to feel the hair

on familiar cedars, puzzle

over the sap of sugar pines,

fish the river for adventure

in the old days.

 

Time has simplified my map

to safe and basic trails

with many landmarks,

each with a story

to remind me where I am.

 

2 responses to “LANDMARKS

  1. I know this spot… where??.. I can’t place it! On the women’s healing ground? I feel like it is somewhere else…

    I know your Bday is coming too 😉
    3rd or 4th? :))

    Either way this is beautiful and happy to hear you are feeling you ‘fit’ in where you are… Big LOVE, mando

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