| Road from Pateros to Twisp in Washington What I happily missed while I was there |
The fires burned in the mountains
As plumes of dark grey rose up and
Spread themselves across the upper midwest
And down the Mississippi River Valley
The mountains glowed at times
More than a sunset could
More than the sun itself
In seconds a bright fire took over
An entire road
And to stay or go
As the furnace drove itself
Between an alley of ponderosa
Ripe to ignite that day
To return to safety
But where when they continued
Everywhere
Back to safety and the lake
Back to the cool
Lake's depth
A swim across
A struggle for a breath
With the waves and cold
Seemed like a welcome
Reprieve
But on into the winding road
Down the mountain to
The Grand Coulee Dam
That waited for me in the
Scottish Highlands
Or so it seemed that day
Until I took a breath in
And my eyes teared up
And my lungs screamed for oxygen
But it was afterall, so beautiful
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