Mt. Rainier Sunrise Song
Luscious taste of summer,
ripe peach sunshine
melts through my lips
with each lovely bite, as
Tahoma’s summit glistens white
against the blue August sky.
One step then another and another–
on the forest duff,
I’m a sure-footed walker
in the chamber of the gods,
reclaiming my former self.
Buoyant ions lift my mood
from the exile of injuries, surgery,
and political assaults.
I look beyond the summit
to a brighter future,
emerging from darkness
endorphins awakened,
limbs moving, mind dancing––
again.
Laura C. Lippman is a Washington resident and retired doctor who now writes. This is a link to a book she did with her writing group:
https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/writing-while-masked/.
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