So we decided to take a road trip.
we were older than necessary, and it was time
to remember again. The earth
seemed happy we were there
beholding her, until she recalled
her own beauty…as us, ours. 
What was that storm saying
when no one was there to listen?
she alone stood naked in her element
and we took her picture so she
would feel more seen, known.
we did not steal her silence though,
and she knew we came to honor not to take
to rake up her blessings into herself
to wake her up with our beholding.