CANYON AT NIGHT: A Voyage Through Time what was once ocean has become a dry stream what was once covered with saltwater is now limestone & sparse green trillions of sand grains woven over eons ah time lift up as ruddy rocks reveal their dark hearts on starry nights. when the moon rises & many secrets are unveiled, scorpions and rattlesnakes chant with other creatures of the night. how brightly the stars shine in places far from all city lights! though sandstone walls seem impassable if you allow your imagination to rise what seems solid will become liquid & all things will melt in time. ===================================================================================== from Desert Chants: Hearing the Voice of the Wilderness SUMMARY: A semi-magical description of a desert canyon at night KEYWORDS: desert landscapes, night poem, time travel, canyons, kachina voices Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2009 in Tokyo, Japan ✶ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/Desert/es.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/Desert/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/Desert/es.htm TRANSLATIONS NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kyoukoku.htm SPANISH https://www.tnewfields.info/es/canon.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/xiagu.htm