Achievement
On the way up, I breathe the mountain air,
or rather the mountain air breathes me.
The rotten timber and dead leaves,
the damp and shadowy new growth
inundate my lungs, so that I am damp
and shadowy new growth too.
At the top, looking out over the valley to the other peaks,
I can feel the whole unbudging
mountain beneath my feet,
massively quiet, holding me up.
The mountain does everything for me.
I just climb.
Joe bio, url TK