when the snow lets go

Taken on July 1st while walking a high alpine ridge between Breckenridge and Copper (Segment 7 of the Colorado Trail).

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when the snow lets go

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do you see

how it clings

to edges

of rock

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certainty and power

worshiping locks

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it seems

that it knows

to melt

what it was

:

binaries break

 universal laws

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rushing

streams

nourishment

for all

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healing wounds

and

crumbling

walls

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I drafted this poem while slowly making my way up and over the mountains above. Snow in early July - its story, existence, and purpose - eventual and necessary nourishment for all life on Earth.

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finished on July 12, 2024