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Highs and Lows
October 6, 2015
Cold
Dead rock
Alpine zone.
Life still clings on
Beautiful mountains
Raw elements of earth
Delicate, easy to mar
Spirit of the river lingers
The clouds are just a cushion below.
Mountains stare at you, standing at their feet.
Look to the east, differences discrete.
Land here is the flattest thing ever.
“I like to see where I’m going.”
Used to be a great big sea,
Now it’s badlands and farms.
The prairies are great,
Simplistic state.
Extensive
Farmland
Dry
Diversity is beautiful Don’t turn Earth dead wasteland.
protect it. into a Protect it.
© Matthew S., Sharon, MA
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Last summer I went on a vacation to the west side of Canada and I experienced what it its like to be in both of these contrasting environments which just so happen to be right beside each other. I poured out what I thought of these beuatiful landscapes in this 21-line poem. This poem was written for an assignment for English class (I am a student in Grade 9 at Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School).