Escarpment

Escarpment View

A Sonnet by Izzy Sommers

There is a place in Hamilton atop
Escarpment’s edge. It has a view of
Lake Ontario that is spectacular.
The Skyway wasn’t there when dad and I
Would scale the hill on foot, or on our
Bicycles, on Sunday mornings. Hardly did
We ever say a word. The climb itself
Would be impossible for me, today.
Beyond the Skyway stretches Burlington
And Oakville and Toronto. Lakers on
The water and the boxcars in the railroad
Yards are not too different from the olden
Days when dad and I could see the sights
A hundred years ago, on silent nights.

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