Creating Half Dome

Creating Half Dome in Yosemite

Nature sends Her treasuries of snow;

Blanketing the earth in silence deep;

Her work is always perfect, timely, slow;

Winter secrets She will safely keep;

Over many eons snow is frozen;

These glaciers now begin their downward drift;

In Nature's wisdom granite now is chosen;

From which She will create a "climber's gift";

Granite-sculpting is a skill sublime;

An art She has perfected in this place;

With diligence and patience over time;

Her "gift" emerges with its granite face;

The stately statues found in ancient Rome;

Are thought to be a very priceless treasure;

Yet none can match the masterpiece Half Dome;

With splendor, grandeur, beauty, as the measure;

Through summer days with sunny scenes;

Half Dome gleams beneath a sky of blue;

A silver backdrop for the evergreens;

Inspiring awe and challenge ever new;