Rainier

I watched you, Mountain,

disappear beyond hill-bound horizon.

Gone as quickly as yourself revealed,

like a ghost

whose vapor shrouds in-held glory

and all at once,

vanishes.

Lost now, but your hopeful imprint 

on my heart lingers.

Lingers, just as her smile rests on my own lips.

That gentle curve held now like fading hope,

since the moment

when last she graced my gaze.