Monday Poetry Stretch

One of my New Year's resolutions was to write a poem a day (at least on the weekdays). Today I'm participating in Miss Rumphius Effect's Monday Poetry Stretch. It is a poem inspired by an image. The image was originally published at her blog. Here's my interpretation:
















a long, dusty trail
I pause to rest in my thoughts
surprised by beauty

--Marcie Flinchum Atkins