© Katherine McDaniel, 2015
Alberta Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park
I wanted the past to go away, I wanted
to leave it, like another country; I wanted
my life to close, and open
like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song
where it falls
down over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery;
I wanted
to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know,
whoever I was, I was
alive
for a little while.
― Mary Oliver, “Dream Work”
In memory of Melanie (Meloney) Vis. You are missed and loved. Godspeed!