Sunday
May112014
Mountain Song Has a Path to the Snows
Mountain song has a path to the snows
High over ice floes
Birds in hollows below
Warning in the leafy surround
Up here is peace
After you grunt through
Storms and streams
To this cabin at the peak
Snow otters greet you around your feet
White goose carries food to table
Snow owl harvests herbs with its beak
Sunrise glistens on the beams
Now I am singing
I am saying
Many tears water the climb
To the summit
And the dead lie scattered
Irretrievable
Frozen in the crevasses
Copyright © 2014 James Lawer
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