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 legs has added nothing
to the strength of mountains.
And the stillness of my soul
has added nothing to the stillness of the mountains.
I am separate from the mountains
and I have left them nothing.


A version of this poem first appeared in PDQ, Final Issue 2006-2007.