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BloomingRose
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0 posted 2002-11-14 09:16 AM



Silently I walked the 2 mile hike
up the steep mountain trail
wanting to prove I could do it,
passing some that did the same.
The young walked and talked
as if it were a game.
I could hardly talk,
for the mountain stole my breath.
When at last I made it to the top,
I stood, moving nothing
for as far as I could see,
clouds, like huge white cotton balls
floated lazily in the pale blue sky
where thousands of trees hugged the mountains,
appearing like burning candles
as they flickered in the sun; a flush of orange and red.  
Now I know why I climbed the mountain trail.
Not for proof of the deed,
for I knew I could do it,
but for a testimony
of what I did not know.

BloomingRose



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1 posted 2002-11-14 11:02 AM


Congratulations.  It must have been a worthwhile view.  Joyce
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2 posted 2002-11-14 12:32 PM


BloomingRose~

'where thousands of trees hugged the mountains'

This is such a rich visual ... uniquely creative~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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3 posted 2002-11-14 12:59 PM


Beautifully written, a beautiful POV.
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4 posted 2002-11-14 06:34 PM


Blooming Rose:  What a lovely poem and I can relate so well to it.  I live where there are many mountains and the view from the top always exceeds my expectations.

Betty Lou Hebert

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5 posted 2002-11-14 07:07 PM


Thanks for sharing the view, Deb! Very pretty!
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