2022
The first sunset over a Texas bay
in decades
where are the mountains?
i suddenly missed the mountains i lived by
those eternal canvasses of light, shadow, desert heat and winter's snow caps
moving water pushed by winds unrelenting
drifting snow rushing to its resting place
so alike in rage and power
so different in taste and feel
move the water to the mountain it becomes snow
move the snow to the bay it becomes water
eternal are the lights, shadow, and wind
to be only a man in snow
to be only the singular in water
we are shadow and wind
a witness to the mountain
Al Mendoza, January 2022
