Standing exposed, overawed and perhaps apprehensive
Lifetime of ambition, answered
Surrounded by silence, not complete although prevalent
Looking into an abyss called nature
Wonderment and fulfillment, combining to enhance satisfaction
At the beginning of the end of everything that mattered
This was not perfection, but it remains pretty close

Oh, how sad the reality, oh, how unfortunate its consequence
Thinking deeply with each breath of understanding
Noticing the smallest blades of grass, each so incredibly important
Forming an instant bond with the subtlety of nature
Life itself, unbelievably unimportant
Death, the only certainty amongst this untamed vastness
Spread unevenly across many miles of unchartered greatness

Silence, total silence, silence and an odd if untamed noise
Remembered vividly, forever and a day
Shrill reminder that there really is nothing more that this
A second of presence to a future completely unknown
For some, actually for most, a slice of pending eternity
Bringing to life a fragility, an incomprehensible realization
Completed inside a moment where personal thoughts no longer matter