at two thousand meters

I have walked in the mountains alone
hoping to rediscover the solitude in my heart
I seek another reason to remain here by your side
alone, where only my echo brings back your voice

hoping to rediscover the solitude in my heart
the quiet call of the birds and a crisp bubbly stream
remind me of the lost innocent beauty of our love
when we were younger, carefree, and so alive

I seek another reason to remain here by your side
for I find your presence in the bolders covered in moss
remaining for centuries longer than I my love can endure
even after we have both dwindled to our children's memories

alone, where only my echo brings back your voice
I find also my tears, sweet mysterious couplets of pain
and loneliness, abandoned to searching your face in the clouds
and hoping the mountain breezes will not be too swift



at two thousand meters
12 december, 2006
[2006.12.12…a]
Written in the Lilibonelle form
for the Writer's Cramp