Right Now the Mountain is Lavender

RIGHT NOW THE MOUNTAIN IS LAVENDER

Right now the mountain is lavender.

But you might not notice at first-

you gotta sidle-up to her

obliquely,        starting with

the rich warm Hemlocks then

the blue-green slope of

Mailbox Peak.

If you’re gentle enough, you’ll notice

a peripheral magenta murmuring underneath

the snow-dusted planes of

McClellan Butte.

Teneriffe

Teneriffe

From low on your perch

I hover middle-ground

lifted just enough to peek

beyond the Alders and the Hemlocks

at the wedge of the body

of the mountain in the distance.

A pale yellow light passes

behind her violet shoulder.