Southern Utah (Paradise) Poem by Smoky Hoss

The red-rock of southern Utah
stained by the blood of the earth,
out of whose heart it arose
eons of wonder ago-
Is this the same blood
that courses my veins,
pierces my heart,
reddens my sun and dirt stained skin?
By Grace may it so be.
What magnanimous beauty it holds,
it gives, it is;
a loveliness of quiet exultation Abbey says,
that dissolves as a mystery
settling forever in my soul.

Southern-Utah.
The only place I've ever been
Where I do not feel homesick.