mountain pass
looking west there stands
nearly insurmountable rock
not geometric like pyramids
but geologic like the very deities
that once formed them
mysterious like oceans
neither height nor depth matters
to sleeping giants
giving refuge to time travelers
desperate for a fresh start
on the other side the view
unveils unforeseen majesty
turning the world inside out
and mysteriously removing
anything worth dying for
december two thousand fourteen
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