MY RELATIONSHIP TO MOUNTAINS

I have been excited by narrow twisting paths
and unknown views ― but the mountains were not moved.
The strength
in my thighs has added nothing
to the strength of mountains.
And the stillness of my soul(if we still believe in souls),
has added nothing to the stillness of the mountains.
I am separate from the mountains
and I have left them nothing.


This poem first appeared in PDQ, Final Issue 2006-2007.