Sky Islands Poem by Grant House

Mist conceals the valley
Sky islands emerge above
Floating up there
Untethered
Everyday concerns
Gravity for instance
Irrelevant in the golden morning sunshine
The chaos of everyday life
Her urgency, expectations and worries
The great problems that consume us minute by minute
Hidden from view
We see things anew

Above the mist
Unexpected clarity

Unconceal what is always there burdened by familiarity gravity
See the extraordinary
Recognize your higher self
Floating up there
Untethered in the golden morning sunshine of your awakening

Stand on a hill
Look across the shrouded valley
Recognize everyday heroes around us
And those within
Sky islands above the mist

In that morning light
Shine