Solitude

To be on top of the world
         alone, apart in starlight
                  mountains gathered darkly around me.

To be on top of the world
         to hear frost in the air;
                  to experience the silence with awe and gratitude.

To be on top of the world

               in shimmering light

                                held by earth’s dark giants.

To be on top of the world

                alone, apart and

                                  intensely alive in the land of the Tarahumara.