Aurora Magazine 2018

The Mountain

T E R E S A D U D L E Y

Look up at the mountain Its spires reach toward God

Reminding man to pray Hills swathed in trees, Green fingers pointing upward Valleys, rushing streams, roaring waterfalls Unchanging, lasting forever Its beauty and power awes Then came man, his eyes coveted the mountain His greed bored great chasms in its side Searching for black diamonds His feuds covered hillsides with blood Many innocent lives lost to his pride and greed The war of blue and gray divided Brother against brother, Father against son Families ripped apart

Mothers, daughters, sisters cry Homes burned, all is lost in hate

Still the mountain remains Slowly the mountain changes Trees grow taller, streams change Trees fall, streams are filled

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