On Scotland

Image courtesy of Publish My Love

The sky opened up before us;
The road continued long beyond our gaze, 
far past any length the span in front of us
allowed us to see.
The clouds piled atop one another
one fluffy stratosphere
layered above the next,
coloured in complicated
whites and grays and blues
stacked so artfully
so whimsically
so imprecisely.

I came all this way
to see the universe split open
and prove to me 
that there is something out there 
bigger than me
older than me--
something that inspires and terrifies
and astounds and...just is
whether I write or cry
or laugh or love
or feel the joy of love reciprocated.

I came here to learn that
outside myself
outside my old life
and every life I've created 
subsequently
there exists places so grand
that my biggest catastrophe
is dwarfed.