Change is tedious
and does not happen
in a single night
It takes time to
move, to uplift
to push and pressure
into your next form
Remember to be forgiving
it is not as if
the Rockies or
the Himalayas
punish themselves
for taking millions of years
to grow to their height
And it is not as if
the Appalachians feel down
about their change
from sky-cutting magnificence
to tired, rolling hills
Time touches us all
for better or for worse
for building us up
or eroding us away
but in the end
mountains are not
made with serenity.
their peaks are
not carved calmly,
nor carved neat.
we too cannot be made
gently,
or with careful precision.
Do not forget:
becoming
is as tumultuous
as orogeny
Dec 27, 2024
Dec 27, 2024 at 10:21 PM UTC
Change is tedious
and does not happen
in a single night
It takes time to
move, to uplift
to push and pressure
into your next form
Remember to be forgiving
it is not as if
the Rockies or
the Himalayas
punish themselves
for taking millions of years
to grow to their height
And it is not as if
the Appalachians feel down
about their change
from sky-cutting magnificence
to tired, rolling hills
Time touches us all
for better or for worse
for building us up
or eroding us away
but in the end
mountains are not
made with serenity.
their peaks are
not carved calmly,
nor carved neat.
we too cannot be made
gently,
or with careful precision.
Do not forget:
becoming
is as tumultuous
as orogeny
orogeny ; the geologic process of mountain building
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