"Queen's View" of Loch Loman*
Rooftops of a village
bellying down to the
water, Ben Loman just
beyond, as if we could
make our way there, old heart
worn down by wind, by rain --
time comes to those who walk
the hills in mist, in sun.
Here, today, we follow
the ancient path she loved,
earth heaved up long ago.
* A favorite trail of Queen Victoria