Keddie Ledge

High on a ledge above the creek

Below the Park and Keddie Peak

Green Trestle Bridge just to the right

Your curved stacked stone wall stands so high

For time this place just disappeared

Lost to the growth of many years

‘Till you were found and recognized

A hillside perch from heaven sliced

With care your beauty once again

Is known to all who venture in

To sit and view all that you see

From this Ledge and her majesty

Inspire us to listen well

To all the stories you can tell

As lovers came and shared the sights

Artists to paint, poets to write

Oh, this Ledge is a magic place

That time and aging won’t erase

We sit in awe at all you share

Invited by your bright red chairs

And even when we have to go

A piece of us stays here you know

All those who come will think of you

This favorite Ledge with Keddie Views

Inspiration

Written while thinking about the overgrown ledge and its old rock walls, below Keddie Park, which I recently discovered during a morning walk