"This clash of two minds fiercely independent on the side
when our observant eyes catch each other's soft smile
and begins this ride
and I feel like I've known you for a long time now...
You're a fighter, never losing patience,
Cara, my best friend, come on and smile with me" --KGM
An undulating road winds east
beyond Temecula and through Aguanga out past
Phil Noble's Sage Mountain Farm
and onto Highway 371
where fields of amber wave in a warm, high desert air
and Garner Valley sits stoic and serene
eagerly, I navigate the familiar terrain
as my eyes greedily soak in towering, granite peaks
Slowly, my sputtering vehicle crests the last hill
and the small, mountain town
a mile high, and counting
comes into view
Tahquish sits chiefly above
nodding at my return, beckoning me back
to climb his slick, rock facade
Dusk descends and once again
the midnight sky is split open
broken in half by a coagulated mass
meandering like a drunken road
Great spirit hummingbird has busily pecked
microscopic holes and brilliant specks into
the interwoven tapestry above
a cosmic consciousness pours through
bathing my milky skin
with its pure light
I breathe in
and center
I breathe out
and release
I breathe in
and honor
my home
this om
this One EarthBody
this momentary beat called Cara
this now
this silent stillness
I
am.
