On Canyon Grand

Vast with grandeur

Imposing scale

Etched through eons

Creating vistas

Of wonder,

Might,

And majesty.

Almost unfathomable

And yet,

I see it.

Isolated

From civilization,

From other natural phenomenon.

Beauty

Carved in the desert

Simply

For the sake of beauty.

Incomprehensible

To consider

Its formation

Until I see,

A river.

One lone,

Seemingly wandering

Stream,

Slipping silently,

Sinking striations

Through stone.

Seemingly impenetrable

And yet,

I see it.

Patient perseverance

Directed carefully

Over time

Can completely

Transform

A landscape,

A vista,

A life.

Anna M. Molgard

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