Night Run

 Night Run

Last light shines on puffy cotton in the sky.

Maroon underside looks ominous.

Yellow cotton puffs on top invite serenity.

Condensed water, gas, ice.

A billowy pillow in the sky.

Smears of black cloud

Tear away from a less formed puff.

Shreds stem from a smeary mushroom cloud to the left.

With a center of yellow.

Swirling up and out.

The mushroom head is continuous with a long explosion of white and gray smeared gas.

Blue fills the middle and makes it hard to move away.

I feel lazy and relaxed.

There are delicate pink puffs in the center of the blue void.

Night is setting in.

Red rock slabs swirl up into the puffy clouds.

To leave, they need to be scaled.

A sandstone staircase to our rental car on the gravel road.