Mountain

Where are
the other climbers?
Where are
the sophisticated,
the conflicted,
the demogogues?
As I climb step
by tenacious step
along the tortuous
unmarked path,
somewhere
between tree line
and summit,
even entities
near and dear
in earlier,
less trying times
pursue human ends
by human means.
In the transparent,
rarefied atmosphere
above the clouds,
transcendent
mountain ranges
cascading
into the distance,
it is clear
that cohabitation
in human form
is an intensive
learning experience
for those who seek
egolessness,
and that each
emergent entity
must travel his
or her own path.
Happily,
all paths converge
at every summit.
- A.T. Williams
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