Ithaca Waterfall
We walk on bedrock
up a gorge in Ithaca
to the waterfall.
The hard surface
undulates under my feet
in the pattern
of a running creek.
At the waterfall’s base,
an open clearing spreads
like a stone cathedral
where crystal tendrils
cascade in a drumroll.
Water carved rocks,
flat, rounded, all different sizes,
lay scattered around the floor.
Visitors collect & stack them,
balance flat rock on flat rock
in mounds and cairns.
Sentinel towers stand
in sun, rain and snow.
Shadows stippling the gorge
wait for the next flood.
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Date; March 1, 2024