intimacies

shadows

of sunlit rocks
in tandem with
piñon trees
fragrant
baking in the late september sun
over sandstone warmth

gleams of tiny shards sparkle
trapped by glass made of breath
vanishing under the weight
of clouds on the horizon

heart pumping
reptilian energy in the juniper
light shining into the green
flesh slivered into
a brown bark glow
of crust and canopy