The Mountain
I STARTED CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN
GOING AND GOING AND GOING UNENDINGLY—STEEPER AND STEEPER AND
STEEPER!!
“CAN I PULL THIS OFF?” I DREW A LARGE QUESTION MARK IN FRONT
OF ME
HITTING THE BOTTOM QUICKLY--PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY
AND I KNEW NO ANSWERS TO PREVAIL AGAINST THIS SUDDEN BIG
STEEP FOE!
TODAY, THE MIDWAY IN MY SOLO, FORMERLY-BRAVE JOURNEY
LYING STILL LIKE A MUMMY AND DRAINED OF ALL HOPES AND DREAMS
I WISHED I HAD BEEN DEAD—THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM THIS DEADLOCK
UNTIL…UNTIL I SAW A COYOTE LOOSENING ITS LEGENDARY THROAT
HOLD
ON A SMALL SHEEP, … WAIT...IT WAS BEING MADE TO LOOSEN THE GRIP!!
A BOLD, STEADFAST, DETERMINED SMALL MOUNTAIN SHEEP
FIGHTING THE VERY FATE IT’S DOOMED TO, BY THE VERY ECOSYSTEM!!!
WHAT A VALIANT EFFORT! WHAT AN INTENSITY IN SUBDUING THE
ENEMY!!
ALL OF THIS, GOD HEARD AND SENT THE SHEEP’S HERD—RESCUED AND
WON!
A SUDDEN SHOCK SWALLOWED UP MY BODY AND MIND
AND AN EMBARRASSMENT TOO…BUT ONLY FLEETING ONES
SOON I WAS AGAIN SWALLOWED UP, FOR THE FIRST TIME
WITH A FRESH AIR OF “I-TOO-CAN-DO-IT”
“THE SPECTACULAR VIEW, THAT IS THE GIFT OF
REACHING THE TOP, HERE OR ANYWHERE IN LIFE,
TAKE ACTION IN SPITE OF FEAR”, I SAID
TO MYSELF IN A LOW, DETERMINED WHISPER!!
NOT ANOTHER MINUTE WASTED
BEFORE I WAS ON MY FEET FOR THAT STEEP JOURNEY.
THIS TIME KNOWING THAT THIS MOUNTAIN IS NOTHING
COMPARED TO “THE MOUNTAIN” THAT GOD HAD JUST IMPLANTED IN ME!!!
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