Machu Picchu

Will we ever know your secrets
Truly know how you came to be
There are so many theories
So many experts have been to see

So intriguing is your existence
Many visit you
In your place of isolation
Beauty surrounding you

The mysteries of the past
All hidden within your walls
Pieces of the puzzled
By which so many are enthralled

How I’d love to join these seekers
In a trek upon your soil
To really absorb your energy
And secrets of your toil

One could never be the same
After walking in your midst
Taking in your essence
And your crumbling elegance

To stand there on the parapet
And gaze upon your ruins
The finely terraced lands
Drawing me to become attuned

Amazing incredible feelings
I have inside me as I wish
That I could visit you
And share in your hidden bliss

Trish Johnston 7th March 2011