Split
the sudden chasming of the Earth
the falling away of land, the breaking ground
from its sharp, precipitous edge
a vertiginous rim
looking down into the stomach-churning void
to the deepest valley bottom
far, far below the vantage point
almost beyond the power of the naked eye
is still the greatest shock
and a glory indescribable
a level, monotonous landscape
fools to deceive, carries no warning
conceals within its folds a feature
the volume of a mountain range of rock
a massive hole of empty space
an accident of geology in its prehistoric making
a crack, a gash, a split, a weather-riven wedge
canyon crack in the planet’s crust
trench of impossible scale
seduces the senses with its shimmering blues and greys
a shifting drift of haze making mist of distance
belying its terrible depth
down, down into the abyss
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