Like A Hiker With Hopeful New Shoes

Words are such
thin shavings of
the fractal fruit,
tiny scraping
of the skin
that holds these
joyously determined
swirls of history
inside their
juicy turbulence.

Talking itself
westward after
the day's feast,
each little word
with its meaning
strapped to its back
falls down the
swell of tomorrow
like a hiker with
hopeful new shoes.

--Karen Press (from "Purposely Peeling Footsteps")

Colorado River below Garnet Canyon (top)
Tower of Ra from Boucher Trail (middle)
inner gorge from outside Salt Canyon (below)