This mountain is trying to kill me
9000 feet
Rain soaked & unforgiving
Desolate
Challenging exhausted decisions
A formation of trees
Sheltered, shaking
Hopeless & fleeting
It’s not my time I say
Unfulfilled promises & words unsaid
Withheld diatribes
Hidden truths
Lost love
But, here I am
Alone on a mountain
Pleading with God
Asking for my grandfather’s protection
I’ve lost control
Calmed my mind
Let go
It’s not my time you said
Taking me in
Cabin lights & burning embers
Without you, Wanda
This mountain would have killed me