The Left Column
some things non-luminous
What Fails
to Shine
that night of Sad
    My wretched mistakes
    have brought me to this edge
       where the torrents of tide flood
   the treacherous ledges
     that lead down
     below the sea.

   And the lore of ocean swells like
     cliffs of Bristol
    so high.

  Belore this fragrant beach, these
       velvet tides
  give glad stories of the ledges and the caves.

   Tell a story
      with a poignant ending
  and let me live within the glow
     of the worlds of yore.
 
  Fill with worth this life
 that I have brought low
   through bad choices.

    Heal me.

Cliffs at Yosemite
El Capitan is not broken and does
not need to be fixed.
Fortunatly cliffs can not
be burned down.  The trees,
however, could be.  Here are
some burned trees in 
Yosemite:
Burned Trees at Yosemite

Political holliganism is
like starting a forest fire 
in a National Park.