Photo by Ruben Beitia View of Mt Rainier & the remains of Spirit Lake from the summit of Mt St Helens: devastaion caused by the eruption in 1980
Green the firs, their darkened tresses
brush the green of soft blown grasses.
Rich, the green of holly bushes,
bright red berries, prickled touches.
Bright and pale, the mossy alder.
Green meets blue at sky and water.
Ringed with green, the mountain towers.
Lord of earth's most fearsome powers.
Clothed in ice, a fiery chorus
sleeps beneath that rich, green forest.
brush the green of soft blown grasses.
Rich, the green of holly bushes,
bright red berries, prickled touches.
Bright and pale, the mossy alder.
Green meets blue at sky and water.
Ringed with green, the mountain towers.
Lord of earth's most fearsome powers.
Clothed in ice, a fiery chorus
sleeps beneath that rich, green forest.
