This Mountain

Once the clouds pass....

    

Standing before me

a great cloud lingers on a mountain

My stance is firm

Stoically I watch shadows 

flickering before me 

dolorous effigies of a darker time

There is peace in surrender

but, only the foolhardy give up and die,

take the pain 

feel the sting

so much sharper than a pissed-off bee

but for all that is sacred … stay alive

My stance is firm

I relive each moment drifting by

My follies, humiliations

I let them out 

I scream,

I cry

Supplication alone cannot pierce the veil of the unseen

Our futures cryptic; not privy to the likes of mortals

But relentlessness holds the key 

My stance is firm

I inhale the life-giving air sustaining me

Though at times a lousy actor on a slippery stage

I supply the script, direct my path, buy the ticket 

and dance to the music of actuality

Grab the golden ring 

on this merry-go-round of life,

take chances, be relentless … 

be all you can be

and live!

Live like there is no tomorrow

Live like clouds are episodic and the sun will shine again

Live like a celebrity!

Awaken each morning 

with a handshake promised to tomorrow,

Life’s a casino of chance, a casino of change and risk,

with outcomes hovering somewhere in-between 

Standing before me

clouds linger on the mountain

but my stance is firm

Stoically I watch until they pass, and, 

present the mountain's lofty peak

Reviews

[alanwgraham]

Being a mountaineer myself I appreciated and enjoyed your poem F. Climbing a mountain like this one does feel like a metaphor for life ups and downs and you go through all kinds of emotions. After you have saved each others lives as few time relationships take on a new significance.There are lots of great images in here.
Well done - you have reached the summit!
Alan

[felioness]

Thank you! Thanks for the read!

[Chris]

Some love the heights, some love the 'fear' such heights can induce.

Having the self-confidence to bear the path one follows - walk-the-talk... can be quite rare for some heights. Companions to share our paths is ever our hope.

[felioness]

Hear hear brother! Thanks for the read!