Rio Grande

"The River"

Cottonwood leaves floating

golden coins

make a treasure

wet salt grass

leaf mold perfume banks

oxidized shapes 

undulate

gun metal gray

beneath silvered surface

crystal lace frames her

one who travels

a lady on a journey

golden cloak

upon her back

she is free

singing 

I crossed the 

Rio Grande

last night

her real name

kept secret

with a solitary note

an Owl 

marked

my 

passage.

-Fin-

DS Baker

Image Courtesy of:

http://blog.mjfimages.com/2013/10/21/a-visit-to-photograph-santa-fe-taos-new-mexico/