Places

There's a place I must go
Where water cascades freely
Filling the crevices of my brain
Until I drown in sentiment and ecstasy

There's a place I must be
Where peaks collide and crumble
Scattering fragments of thought
Whimsical, worthy, senile

There's a place I must see
Where colors capture the sun
Dazzling, purifying
As waves dance them gently to the shore

There are places I must touch
Monuments built by minds now dust
Cultures lost through weather and time
Still standing, passionately tugging my soul

There are places where one feels
The essence of being, belonging
Elusive, illusory
Rebirth, over and over
Ripples over ripples

The place I'd rather be
Is fused to a source
Effervescent, fulfilled
Not wafting away
With the rapids of time

Earth's soft whispers
And placid smile
Reflected in glaciers and flotsam
Shadows inside shadows
Dancing, I must go.