Confident hands work their way
Across this landscape
Cartography of this body
Shifting over decades

Tracing the curvature of spine 
Smooth hills rise and fade
Into alluvial plane
Imagine sands of time

Dolorite rock of wisdom
Towers over hidden layers
Sedimentary years of self
Worn down by feet and fury of wind

When I look at this mountain 
I feel their eyes, pondering
Who or what we are?
Elements of human Being