You climb the mountain to the top,
as perspiration slowly freezes.
Inside your chest your heart screams STOP,
you stand there, swaying in the breezes.
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That's certainly like getting away from it all Herbert, and the views from up there can be wonderful, but you have to be fit! It's definitely much easier descending! Good one. Sincerely Ernestine
Beautiful...the construct of the poem as well as the message. Thanks. Raynette
Herbert, First I'm impressed with the beauty of this poem. It really gets the reader on the mountain with you....very nice. Second, I'm impressed with the way you've structured this poem. The double rhyme in each stanza.......now that took time. What a poem! Sincerely, Mary