Joyful Ruins

Sometimes I wish

I lived by the ocean

so I could walk on the shore

and absorb

the tranquility

from the horizon

At times I long

to be by

the mountain waters

to look up at the Rockies

to walk by a fresh

running stream

or a glossy glacier lake

and feel at peace

But I realize increasingly

that these are landscapes

I must create within

Inside

to form

my own shores and horizons

streams and mountains

The places where

I can sit

and take in peace and tranquility

no matter where I live