Silence is the Way Some Feel Grief (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument)

Silence is the Way Some Feel Grief

An empty quietness that seems so hard to fill

Distractions can help to fill in that void

It seems for a time, mainly

Then I look at these wonders

Ages and eons have passed

They stoically watch as time moves by

Winds and floods have they have witnessed

They stand and my troubles seem to naught

 

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument while walking the Devils Garden. The setting is looking to the west across a grassy field to eroded sandstone formations present in this part of the national monument and Utah. My thinking in composing this image was to have a balanced, leveled-on view looking to the horizon. From a high ground perch that I was standing on, I would be able to angle my Nikon SLR camera to create a sweeping view across the grassy field leading up to the formations. I decided to keep them a little off centered as I felt the cliffs off in the distance added a balance the image. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

Done