old boots

25 year old heavy duty
swiss scarred
industrial strength!

across Oregon coastal
passageways
down deep

Manitou Great Spirit Lake washes
Kuwaiti sand

exploring Druk Yul monasteries
Eagle Nest elevations

Queensland rainforest among Angioptis fern
blooms fresh dinosaur realms

tramping Bali rice paddies
fishing temple rivers

wearing out Forbidden City stones
Jade Temple chants drum dream

Bless stone
Hokkaido lions
guarding 1000 cranes

Xian warriors excavated
on long marches

Tarim Basim
oil
workers
along Silk Road
mysteries
flow
south to

Lhasa Barkhor pilgrimmage
Sera, Drepung, Johkang,

meditation caves
Ganden destruction
shells at 12,000 feet

Kunming Green Lake
stone bridge
above narrow Tiger Gorge rushing

dancing on Lijiang cobblestones

Naxi musicians play

below Snow Mountain Dragon Range

Camellia garden tree
in monastery courtyard

flourishes every spring for 2000 years!

high southwest winter desert
sun floods
wild horses under falling stars
late summer Denver rain brings snow substance

grazalema
andalucia sierras
climbing back in time

26,0000 year old paleolithic caves

art music dancing
reporting back
to the tribe
becoming

well oiled again old friend
clearly