Centennial Ode to the National Parks
A red travels along the Going-to-the-Sun Road as part of the FDR commemorative trip in Glacier National Park. Photo: Glacier NPS Flickr/Jacob W. Frank (https://glaciermt.com/blog/happy-100-years-national-park-service) Centennial Ode to the National Parks The drive pass the mountain peaks at Glacier are steadfast foundations even in the August heat that stands upright - grand and palatial; giving my heart, that awesome; Reverential thudding beat. How can this be a hundred years that have graced our land? When our forefathers walked peacefully through the rugged territory, With many a Tale told for future generations to understand, To marvel at and pass down to their families. The rocks and stones in the lakes have seen many go by, along the banks, that are trodden on for centuries past; holding back tales that would make a grown man cry – of sorrows of a homeland that are now museum artefact plates encast. Human failings...