Through a plane window
There are a few
Simple sights—
The sky, the clouds,
And the ocean

But the land
Is complicated
At least because of
All the man-made structures
—Roads and buildings

But the natural land
Is also varied

By the spines of mountains
And the ridges
Running down the sides

The flat lands
That are different shades
Of gold, brown, and green

And the lakes
And other land-locked
Bodies of water

Which would be as simple
As the ocean and the sky
Going off forever
As themselves
And never changing

But the land-locked
Bodies of water
Are defined by their shores

And so contribute
To the land
Being more detailed
Than the sky, the clouds,
And the ocean

Originally written: Wednesday, Jun 2, 2021, 6:41 PM