Aerie

Perched atop obelisk
Piney treetops adorned with cones
Gathered around Fire Tower outpost
Wooden limbs sway in wind
Trunks like totem poles
Rise toward airy heavens
Branches outstretched
Reaching upward to the Sun God
Drinking in light nourishment

Distant hills roll below clouds
Rippling outward in sea of green
Hawk circles in heavenly heights
A dark pin point set in azure sky sea
Wings outstretched sailing
Vanishing like a mariner
Into gulf of luminescent atmosphere

Sun arcs downward
Evening star glimmers like opal
Iridescent gem glowing genially
Stars emerging from canvas of night
Gleaming islands in the cosmic ocean
Peace suffusing the darkness
Deep in evening
Where ancient star beams
Cast through eons
Touch my eyes