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A Hike to Rosario head

Katy Olson
​A tunneled path is woven with twiggy leafless branches
arching a breath above my head

Up the trail floats a promise of clouds

A bunny darts and crosses the insulated path chiding
“This is my home, you are a guest”
Approaching tunnel’s end he waits as sentinel, granting me passage
before scurrying off to other bunny business.

The womb of the tunnel lights and I’m born into the world

The wind stings my face with welcome
Wild hairs catch on my lips, freshly pressed with lip balm
I zip the jacket to my nose and seek the highest vantage

Here the wind is master
Here the ferns and grass dare not raise their heads to sass--
Master Wind will blow them into submission--
Delicate fern bows her fronds
Yellow lichen cling to rocks

But the bold Pine Tree faces Master Wind
Unprepossessing, scabby, angular
Her hair permanently blown back
She is weathered
She defies his blows—all

She—the glory of Rosario Head
Picture
Haily Wilson | Parrot in Paradise | Colored Pencil and Pastel

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