My Homeland

This poem is inspired by the beauty of Southwestern Alberta, Canada. If you haven't witnessed it first hand, I hope this poem motivates you to come and visit, or at least take in it's beauty from the many pictures on the web.....

My Homeland

There is one place on this great earth
That holds my heart like no other land
It is the very home of my birth
Sculpted and painted by God's own hand

The snow-capped majesty of its peaks
The clearness of the lakes and streams
The wind that howls, whispers and speaks
The visions, the memories, the dreams

Hillsides flowered in every brilliant hue
Grizzlies presiding over their domains
Eagles and hawks dot the sky so blue
While elk and deer graze on the plains

It's beauty is matched only by it's variety
From Red Rock Canyon to Cameron Falls
It leaves one's soul in peaceful sobriety
To stand back and quietly gaze at it all

No artist could envision such splendor
No songwriter put words to it's scene
One has to see it, feel it and live there
To get any insights into what I mean

It's "home" no matter where I do live
I go there whenever I'm feeling dark
To my heart, happiness and peace it gives
It's Waterton Lakes National Park