present mountain greatest teacher

Present mountain

Last updated: October 21st, 2018

I yearn to know your many sides
No, you are too vast
Embrace the mystery, I remind myself
It is in not knowing you that I can truly know you
Forget maps, I wish to see you with child’s eyes
Drop the judgment
You are perfect in your many imperfections
You are my greatest teacher
You do not show me the way, you are the way
You sizzle with excitement
I do not want to get burned, I just want to feel the heat
Step by step, I descend your perilous back
It matters not which route I take
As long as I am in the present moment
One step at a time I am safe
Wait, is that a cliff over there
My mind flings to the future
Step, step, cliff. Damn, why didn’t I go back the way I came
From future to past my mind darts. I stop.
Back to the present moment
There is always another way
One step at a time I descend down to the valley below
Thank you, present mountain
You are my greatest teacher

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