My Beautiful Place

I've seen the Rocky Mountains From Alberta to New Mexico Heavenly reaching cathedrals Rock walls like stained glass windows Death Valley's crystalline sands Sparkle like moonlit seas Red orange cactus roses Saguaro and Joshua Trees Green meadows covered with weeds Deep purple to crimson red Melting in waves of heat Reflecting in lakes where they bled Looked out, over Niagara Falls Sunlit mist of every hue Thousand Islands, covered with snow In The St Lawrence of indigo blue Multicolored hot air balloons Floating lazily 'cross baby blue skies But the place most beautiful to me Is here, with you by my side an original poem by Daniel Turner