A real place constant in my mind's vision.....


The Mountaintop Is Mine [version 2]



FOR A MINUSCULE MOMENT OF TIME

THE MOUNTAINTOP IS MINE

THE PETRICHOR
ARISING FROM EARTH'S FLOOR

IS AN AROMA
SOOTHING TO MY CORE

WHILE THE CONEFLOWERS
TEASE THE NOSTRILS

IN BLINDING BLOOMS
OF GOLD

CHERISHED IS THE SOLITUDE

FOR I AM GROWING OLD

THE VICISSITUDES OF MY VIEW

SLOWLY CHANGE INTO VEILS OF VIOLETS

AND SOFT BLUE HUES

THE FROTH OF THE DAY ELOPES

INTO A CANOPY OF STARS

WHERE THE RED MOON

BEAMS DOWN
ONTO THE COLD STONE

PEARLS OF HOPE

UNTIL THE ANCIENT
RAINS PREVAIL

CLEANSING THE
MOUNTAIN
AND THE VALE

I HEAR MY SPIRIT

I HEAR NATURE'S WHISPERS

IN NOCTURNAL
HARMONY

PRODDING A FUTURE

NOT YET COMPLETE

IN GERMANATION
OF FERTILE DREAMS

OF WHAT COULD BE

FROM WHAT NEVER WAS

THE DISCOVERY OF
GOD'S LOVE

LIFE'S CARNALITY IS ONLY
BUT A MINUSCULE MOMENT

OF

TIME

WHERE SOME SEEK ETERNITY

AND SOME SEEK THE SHRINE

I SEEK TO

INHALE "YAH"
AND EXHALE "WEH"

ON A CREST
OF THE MOUNTAINTOP
SEEKING ZION'S GATE

BY Clara Mae Gregory




Poetry by Clara Mae Gregory The PoetBay support member heart!
Written on 2026-09-07 at 02:23

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