There are so many things about life
which should be cherished...
because they'll never come again
The deep black sky
over Pike's Peak
The endless sea of stars
seen from the twilight at the back of Gate's Pass
the cerulean view of the sky
from a mountaintop at sunset
the deep purple gloaming at the bottom of the sea of Cortez
the breathless way you feel
from the soar and drop of a roller coaster
which makes you feel giddy
like you're in love for the first time
the feeling you get skimming over the waves
on a surfboard or a sailboard
or kissing the one you love
or soaring silently in a glider, disturbed only by the wind of your passage
over the red painted desert landscape of an Arizona sunset
seeing again through eyes undimmed by time
such things are both a vision and an unobtainable dream
I borrowed this life from my mother
but I must return it to my god
