Inspired and In Awe of Majestic Beauty

Inspired And in awe of Majestic Beauty. . Stagnant moss and patches of lichen Cling to weathered uneven Sandstone dry stone walls Segregating lush green moorland Surrounded by silent sisters standing Lofty huge and tall As wholly clouds majestically graze On both idle pleasant and more inhospitable days . An unpredictable temperamental land As seasons emerge and in an instant Temperatures rise or plummet A wild desolate place A patchwork quilt of lush greens and tawny browns Vista from tor and towering summit . Stretching for miles sweeping vale and steepled hill Silence broken by raucous carrion crow Perched upon the wiry lightening struck tree below Carpets and thickets of purple heather Provide home for various critter And shelter from the harsh weather . Boisterous gales bellow and blow The drifting blanket of snow Within winters icy grasp That bites tender flesh as if by an asp . The raptor stretches it’s wings and takes flight Riding upon unsteady thermals Hunting for pray below That leaves a trail of footprints below . The dilapidated uninhabited farmhouse up yonder hill The old windmill It’s sails now still The wind still whistles through With its unforgiving icy chill . A landscape that largely time has forgot Mainly unchanged for countless centuries Draw the hiker with its rugged pleasantries And never ceases to inspire And be admired. . Peter Dome©2020.