canyons above & below

your canyon, burnt rustic by the sun
sweeps across the desert landscape
some choose to get lost in its depths
plummeting down with their mistakes

they free fall swift to the bottom
tumbling boulders clip their shoulders
the dense darkness clouding their sight
stretching on in all directions

before you surrender to the fall
trace a trail along the canyon's rifts
gaze above from the way, way up
see the fissures for what they are

a shift in your tectonic plates
a monumental upheaval
your canyons are beautifully seismic
it only takes the right perspective