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Mt. Tamalpais – L.E. Rea (1868-1927)

For a moment in the movie I was moved—
removed from the chaotic struggle for power,
the clumsy bad actors, the sick intrigue.

For a moment, the song sang for me,
free from the fetters of this flesh to float
on eagles’ wings above the discord of humanity.

For a moment, the photograph forgave me,
took me in and gave me eyes to see
the simple splendor of reality.

For a moment, I was the poem: it wrote me
beneath sharp peaks of granite scree
sunk deep into a blue, blue sky reflected

on Sierra snowmelt, white clouds passing.
What for the art have we to offer for release
but moments marked where we found peace.