Journey East 6 - Sierra Nevada - Fall 2022

9.29.22

Mr. Nice

Fall of 2022, so nice to meet you

Did you magnetize to my light so bright

From barrage of practice

Day in and day out

I remember that morning

Stomach full of knots

I persevered through

I guess to see you

The lake was beautiful

I could not see it

Only you

Who were you

Back then, had I known better

I would have known better

It was resolved two weeks later

Are you happy in heaven

You were tall

10 gallon hat

A cowboy

What were you doing there

Why were you stuck

No matter, Mr. Nice

You got what you wanted

After waiting 200 years

I took you home

Without knowing it

After yelling at you

Leave me alone

Up in those mountains

Cleverly you hid

So as not to disturb me

Or was it me that pushed you away

Regardless I still thought of you

Until the day came

We sent you on

Notes:

I wrote this poem a while after my trip and posted it to my website here. Until now, this was the only item I had posted on my website about the Sierra Nevada sourjorn.

Here is the day of Mr. Nice: