I AM MOUNTAIN
By Shirley Riga 2000
My strength I carry in my tall
Thick walls of stone.
I weather the hottest heat and chilliest cold.
I stand as witness to the lives of people,
animals, energies that pass by me,
over me and on me.
I reach high to heaven and am made
Up of the very essence of mother earth.
I am majestically beautiful and
Starkly abundant in my stature.
I carry within me memories of days
Long passed and futures to come,
Yet represent the presence of what is.