First snow
dusts these desert
uplands, sun-
lit in galactic
night. This little
wander
of a
life
touches origins
everywhere. There's
no avoiding
it. Just walking
here in this
open grassland, I am
lit up
to the universe.
—————————
David Hinton
Desert
Shambhala, 2018
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