What Feeds a Mountian?      [poem by Elke Scholz July 2009]

What feeds a mountain?

Ancient patience wearing smooth

A coat of amour no longer shiny

Crevice wounds shift and shake

as bare bones rattle her story

What feeds a mountain?

Wind thrown alpine gardens awaken a path

Trees too stubborn to give up their grip

Grasses, bushes, moss,

they all feel they have the right

What feeds a mountain?

Hooves trample, stampede and play

Mindless crashing of rocks

Holes are burrowed in fury

Scat has no impulse or thought

What feeds a mountain?

Storms thunder their rage and then leave

A chilling silence haunted with secrets

Clouded perspective at dizzying heights

The wind gasps

What feeds a mountain?

Relentless sun melts the questions

Tears rushing below the surface

Murky waters steal the soul

No one knows

What feeds a mountain?

Glacier ice stings the surface

A heart burning at the core

Weighted under dark rubble

An exhausted sigh whispers longingly

What feeds a mountain?

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