My eyes probe the mist where it clings to to mountains. The mountains who stand tall and strong Who grow darker as they rise Shadows. They're pitted against the sharp vibrant sky That surrounds them, vast, blue, mysterious. I linger over the glassy river surface That reflects the cotton clouds And the dark, haunting mountains And their huge blue groundskeeper The river winds and winds, A great thriving knot, Untanglable. That sinks and weaves And swims Level with the earth Equal in grandness Acts as home to all All who breath air All who drink and sleep. Those who gaze up at towers of green When the sun is high and summer abroad They chatter and gather and hunt They roll in beds of fuzzy moss Growing, growing, To give life to others To leave when it's time I reach, I stretch My fingers strain To go there To escape So close, so close