Monday 12 March 2012

What did you expect to see?


What did you expect to see?

What did you expect to see 
when you crossed that ridge? 
Did you expect to see 
the sea glistening in the distance? 
Did your heart sink to see
the dusty prairie flowing out in front of you? 
Another bone wrenching days ride


What did you expect to see 
when you crossed that ridge? 
The mountains stretching to the sky 
forming an impenetrable barrier for those wagons of yours 
hemming in your dreams 
or did you see the cottonwood trees 
and the promise of water and shade from that relentless sun?


What did you expect to see 
when you crossed that ridge? 
Were your hopes dashed and crushed 
beneath the wheels of your wagon?
Or did they soar like the ospreys 
at the promise of the water and unclaimed land?
Pioneering along the Overland Trail, Colorado

2 comments:

  1. Something different! Keep on pioneering!

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  2. Thanks Ju, same to you as well.

    Love your photos on your blog, they really show the designs of a creator God

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