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TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

 

(c) 2017 Edward York

 

I decided to climb the mountain.

I looked up at the peak.

The thoughts of challenges still ahead,

Made my knees grow weak.

 

Everyone said it was impossible,

And when I asked them why.

They said the difficulties were too great,

For me to even try.

 

So I heeded all their warnings,

And stayed safely on the ground.

Though I wondered what I was missing,

I still stayed safe and sound.

 

But one day while I was gazing,

Upon the beauty at the top,

I knew that all their warnings,

Would never make me stop.

 

So I gathered all my courage,

And then I made my plan.

I knew it was now or never,

Right here where it all began.

 

So I started moving upward,

With all the warnings in my head.

The summit kept on calling me,

And faded all my dread.

 

When I finally reached the summit top,

The beauty made me cry,

To think of all who missed it,

Because they would never try.