The Mountain
TWO MEN AND A MOUNTAIN, EACH MUST CLIMB
PREPARING TO ACT, KNOWING THIS WAS THEIR TIME
EACH MAN FOUND, A TRAIL TO ASCEND
A PATHWAY TO GUIDE, THE TIME THEY’D SPEND
ONE MAN FOUND THE WAY, STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
HE PASSED BY EVERYTHING, FOR NOTHING HE’D STOP
HE’D SURELY WIN THE RACE, UP THE GREAT HILL
HE’D BE THE BEST, BY DETERMINATION AND WILL
HE WALKED PAST THE BEAUTY, BEFORE HIS FACE
TO HIM THIS WAS NOTHING, MORE THAN A RACE
THE OTHER MAN WALKED, A LONG WINDY LINE
HIS LUNGS FILLED WITH AIR, FROM EACH MOUNTAIN PINE
WHILE CLIMBING HIGHER, UPON HIS CHOSEN ROUTE
HE CAME UPON OTHERS, THE MOUNT HAD WORN OUT
HE GAVE OF HIS WATER, HE HELPED THEM TO THEIR FEET
HE PUSHED THEM ALONG, WITH ENCOURAGEMENT SO SWEET
HE STOPPED TO TAKE IN BEAUTY, OF SCENERY ALL AROUND
HE TOOK TIME TO GROOM THE TRAIL, FOR OTHERS TO ABOUND
HE STOPPED TO THANK THE LORD, FOR ALL HE HAD BESTOWED
MARVELLING AT EACH CREATION, AS HE WALKED ALONG THIS ROAD
PREPARING TO ACT, KNOWING THIS WAS THEIR TIME
EACH MAN FOUND, A TRAIL TO ASCEND
A PATHWAY TO GUIDE, THE TIME THEY’D SPEND
ONE MAN FOUND THE WAY, STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
HE PASSED BY EVERYTHING, FOR NOTHING HE’D STOP
HE’D SURELY WIN THE RACE, UP THE GREAT HILL
HE’D BE THE BEST, BY DETERMINATION AND WILL
HE WALKED PAST THE BEAUTY, BEFORE HIS FACE
TO HIM THIS WAS NOTHING, MORE THAN A RACE
THE OTHER MAN WALKED, A LONG WINDY LINE
HIS LUNGS FILLED WITH AIR, FROM EACH MOUNTAIN PINE
WHILE CLIMBING HIGHER, UPON HIS CHOSEN ROUTE
HE CAME UPON OTHERS, THE MOUNT HAD WORN OUT
HE GAVE OF HIS WATER, HE HELPED THEM TO THEIR FEET
HE PUSHED THEM ALONG, WITH ENCOURAGEMENT SO SWEET
HE STOPPED TO TAKE IN BEAUTY, OF SCENERY ALL AROUND
HE TOOK TIME TO GROOM THE TRAIL, FOR OTHERS TO ABOUND
HE STOPPED TO THANK THE LORD, FOR ALL HE HAD BESTOWED
MARVELLING AT EACH CREATION, AS HE WALKED ALONG THIS ROAD
THE FIRST MAN REACHED THE TOP, IN A RECORD PACE
HE LOOKED DOWN PROUDLY, HE KNEW HE’D WON THE RACE
BUT, THEN THE FINISH LINE, THE SECOND MAN CROSSED
IN THIS SINGLE INSTANT, THE FIRST REALIZED HE’D LOST
THE FIRST MAN REACHED, THE TOP WITH GREAT SPEED
BUT THE SECOND STOPPED, TO FULFILL ANOTHER'S NEED
HE NOTICED ALL GOD, HAD PUT BY HIS WAY
HE NOTICED THE LITTLE THINGS, IN EVERY DAY
HE LOOKED BACK DOWN, TO A PATH HE’D NEVER FORGET
HE FOUND JOY IN HIS JOURNEY, AND LEFT WITHOUT REGRET
THE FIRST MAN ONLY MOURNED, FOR ALL HE HAD MISSED
IN HIS QUICK RACE TO THE TOP, MEMORIES DID NOT EXIST
WE CAN BE JUST LIKE, THE TWO MEN WHO MADE THIS CLIMB
OUR CHOICE IN HOW WE LIVE, WE WILL CHOOSE IN OUR PRIME
THIS JOURNEY STARTS AND ENDS, FOR ALL WITH BIRTH AND DEATH
HE LOOKED DOWN PROUDLY, HE KNEW HE’D WON THE RACE
BUT, THEN THE FINISH LINE, THE SECOND MAN CROSSED
IN THIS SINGLE INSTANT, THE FIRST REALIZED HE’D LOST
THE FIRST MAN REACHED, THE TOP WITH GREAT SPEED
BUT THE SECOND STOPPED, TO FULFILL ANOTHER'S NEED
HE NOTICED ALL GOD, HAD PUT BY HIS WAY
HE NOTICED THE LITTLE THINGS, IN EVERY DAY
HE LOOKED BACK DOWN, TO A PATH HE’D NEVER FORGET
HE FOUND JOY IN HIS JOURNEY, AND LEFT WITHOUT REGRET
THE FIRST MAN ONLY MOURNED, FOR ALL HE HAD MISSED
IN HIS QUICK RACE TO THE TOP, MEMORIES DID NOT EXIST
WE CAN BE JUST LIKE, THE TWO MEN WHO MADE THIS CLIMB
OUR CHOICE IN HOW WE LIVE, WE WILL CHOOSE IN OUR PRIME
THIS JOURNEY STARTS AND ENDS, FOR ALL WITH BIRTH AND DEATH
OUR MEMORIES AT JOURNEYS END, IS DECIDED WITHIN EACH BREATH
