The Canyon

Snow, silence, and solitude called me into a new world

Clinging Juniper

One early May years ago, I attended an Outward Bound program in the canyon lands of Utah.  I had just met Richard and knew that everything in my world was about to change. This long anticipated challenge wound up being a before and after divide.

Toward the end of two weeks of hiking, our solo overnight came wrapped in snow. Snuggled under a rock overhang, a night of sleepless, silent solitude delivered this poem.

Awe and wonder stretched before me as the life behind me melted on that spring morning..

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