Mosaic Spring 2016 | Page 45

by Lillian Soshnik-Tanquist Sunrise Over 61 by D McDonald Light breaths of golden cream warm the horizon, as morning rays paint the still sleepy waters the palest silver. Steep ridges of rusty basalt and gabbro guard the north, and though dozer and dynamite have scarred the cliffs, their somber silent voices still hum, still whisper to all who travel through the country jagged with naked birch and rugged spruce, that this land of honey— both forbidden and for all— is sacred, is Superior. 43