The Yellowstone Puzzle
A wondrous thing is the human spirit.
Nothing else that God has made comes near it.
Witness Nature that we call Yellowstone -
It stands exemplar and it stands alone
in pitting man against his own planet -
Just blood and bone against solid granite.
A volcano that can turn our world dark
we turned into our own National Park.
The paradox of a vacation spent
in the mouth of a live volcanic vent
is lost on the spirit of the human soul -
Maybe someday - but for now just a hole.
1-18-20
Contest: Polarities and Paradoxes
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
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