Now I Find Myself On The Mountainside

i've been
walking
in my sleep
counting troubles
instead of
counting sheep
where the
years went
i can't say
i just
turned around
and they've
gone away
i've been
sifting through
the layers
of dusty books
and faded papers
they tell a story
i used to know
it was one
that happened
so long ago
it's gone away in yesterday
now i find myself on the mountainside
where the rivers change direction
across the Great Divide
--Kate Wolf (from "Across the Great Divide ")

inner gorge outside Grapevine Canyon (top)
Mencius and Confucius Temple from Whites Butte (below)
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red-tailed hawk
solitary sandpiper
gray wolf