by MARILYN HUMBERT
Red rock bleeds into cliffs
staining a serpentine path to the gap
where the white sand creek bed gleams,
we sit on the rim legs crossed
our voices raised in song.
Grace notes mingle
with pollen and red dust
of first nations stories.
Ancestors’ wanderings
oceans and plains to seek a home
among ghost gums and acacia
where winter sun warms blue sky.
We wait on the edge
for sunset’s fire to burn
our hymn of gratitude
into the rocks
at Trephina.
– Trephina Gorge, located in
East MacDonnell Ranges, NT