a pilgrim climbs
the waterfall
in search of
of
of what?
herself?
unsure
her gaze rises upward
and the dancing landscape
of the clouds
belies the shadow she bears
gypsy symbols of the
cosmos
of goodness and pain
she blinks and
the message is forever
changed
layers of light that
penetrate darkened souls
shift again in timeless trance
and the ascent of impossibility
begins
through the
mighty waterfall

inspired by paulo coelho's, "the pilgrimage"
and the mississippi river's soul.....