High Sierra Night

[71degrees]

High Sierra Night

Late at night at altitude
aptly wrapped in warmth
amid an ambient wind,
I lie staring at glinting
stars flickering through
the shivering tree
canopy above me;
a full moon illuminates
surrounding snow-capped
mountain peaks and ridges,
silhouetting lower layers of
jagged crags and spires.
Breathing in soothing
pine scented air,
I doze off listening to
snowmelt splash among
creek rocks gleaming
in the High Sierra night.

I read this and say to myself, "This is nice. It's pretty."

If that's all you want to accomplish, you have succeeded. There isn't anything else here but a postcard. The language belongs on one of those self-meditating music tracks I might listen to while getting a massage.

The best thing you did is give me a location (High Sierra) and that way you have a bit of ownership. Thank you for doing that.