Dan/Danj/Daniel

@danj72.bsky.social

Maker of Lanolin, beer, pictures Reader Writer Runner Mainly #vss365 #photography #poem #moon Pictures and writing my own unless credited

As teenage years gave way to twentysomethings A gap of understanding became a rift But he took the time to walk the rim of the canyon Up to the watershed and back down To #arrive here At my side And we smiled and hugged upon that reunion #Vss365

Blackbird Bullfinch Skylark Sparrow Squadron of Starlings form a wing Circle before heading off on a raid A Kestrel jumps its perch Slicing over the brown muck spread fields Nose stinging I look down See Dads gloved hands sitting on my #brake hoods "That'll clear your nostrils" he tells me #Vss365

Oh to flow Like the stream into the valley Fling limb after limb and let gravity cling on Percolate my molecules through craggy gullies Bouncing feet Rock to rolling rock With freewheeling speed gathering Stripping past the howling wind Then to #coast onto the effortless flat This is running #Vss365

Strip diamonds Accelerate above Into our past Illuminated darkness Ahead and closing fast Down off Saddleworth #summit In sweeping cats eye straights On into the East Gravity pulling us home Ever more embraced in the familiar And the diamonds beguiling against the black #Vss365

The race Eyes levelled through diagonal rain Scan the road Downloading data to their feet A constant #cadence patter of steps Propelling them on Ever on Towards a finish Leaning slightly into the gradient Bearing down against gravity Inevitably Chasing the leader down #Vss365