TEXAS PRAIRIE PARADISE

TEXAS PRAIRIE PARADISE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ here, where the horizon bends. the morning sun spills its warmth. the Texas prairie stretches~ a vast unbroken beauty where golden grasses sway. the air, thick with the scent of sage, wraps around me like a familiar embrace. dust motes dance in the light, tiny galaxies suspended in the quiet splendor of morning. cacti punctuate the landscape these sentinels of resilience, their spines reminding me that life thrives in the harshest of places, and wildflowers burst forth, fragile yet fierce. here, the earth breathes differently. my heart learns to listen to the distant call of a hawk, to the rustle of a rabbit, and to the soft sighs of the prairie. the hawk circles high above me, its shadow gliding across the land, a guardian of this sprawling solitude, reminds me of the freedom, of the vastness within and without. I stand rooted in this stillness, finding clarity. in the expanse, I find belonging. beneath the wide-open sky, I am both lost and found.