Beauty

It's all so beautiful, isn't it? We, us, you, me. Humans. Life. Just us. It's kind of hard to take in. How beautiful. How the mountains touch the sky, strong and grey and giants. How the sun shines clear on lakes and ripples and streams and echoes. Albion Basin. Yellowstone Lake. String Lake, Wyoming. Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Vernon, Utah. Just Utah. Niagra Falls. The beauty of humans, of creation. The beauty of the human mind, of our determination, will, life and thought and dream. Mount Rushmore. Sweat and blood and love and thought. How amazing we are. How amazing are we. What we create, what we dream, what we think, how we grow. Sometimes it makes me want to cry, to sing, and laugh, all at once. To burst with pride and love and joy and light. Sometimes it hurts. Expectation. Beauty. Peaceful stillness. Just quiet. Just beauty. Mountains and water and us.