Like a Mountain - you stand by me

 

I scanned the horizon, beyond the woods,

Strained to look as far as I could;

On my right the ocean – my left the farm;

And behind me a mountain

Standing in its own charm;

 

I always wondered- how would it be?

Beyond the mountain if I could see!

There could be people unlike me,

Who are always happy cheerful and free.

 

Whenever I felt sad and my heart would churn,

Towards the mountain I would run;

To meet those people who never knew pain

To be with them and never to return again;

But the more I ran, the farther it went,

Till my heart was outpaced and knees were bent.

 

I fall down, with my head in the sand;

Can’t get up even as I dig my hand,

Animals pass me by in the dead of the night;

I wanted to run but I had no might.

With Feet that hurt, and a throat so dry,

A burst of emotions as I begin to cry.

It gets so cold and the sun goes down,

The mountain is still far away- elegant and brown;

 

Last look at the mountain- knew this is my end;

A good-bye sign and a flying kiss I send.

A gush of wind a chill up my spine;

Did the mountain move? Or was it a thought of mine???

A rumble of clouds like a thousand cries,

A gush of fog dropped from the mountains eyes

Like a river it flowed down, racing towards me

My mind still confused how could this be???

 

I crawl back home with first ray of the sun;

Lost a battle I thought I could have won;

But I never felt sad or lonely or blue,

I knew I had a friend so loving and so true.

 

If ever I felt sad broken and down,

Like the life ship sinking and I about to drown,

I would shut my eyes and close my fist,

And I would be hugged by the mountain mist.

 

Even though we were so far away;

Lifetime friends we knew we could stay,

A lovely friendship that we both chose,

So far away and yet so close!