The Mountain We Conquer..

Your great pilgrimage of devotion.
Your deep dive for another accomplishment.
When you climb many steps of devoted spirit,
when you reach the epitome,
where you can touch your Sun.
Will you be free?

Have you navigated the circle of thoughts?
Have you whirled into that endless spiral?
When you raise your eyes to the mountain,
what would be your prayers?
When you see your valley from the summit,
what whispers in your soul?

Find your orbit, climb your mountain.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

What is the emotion of devotion?
Is it worship, workmanship, or sharing?
When you reconcile those at a place,
where you are no longer a foreigner or a stranger,
where you are not adored or atoned,
where you are just a fellow citizen of the table,
where the bread and the view are shared evenly.
Will you be free?

When you find that freedom,
Can your God be your friend?
Can spirituality be your sister?
People in their fancy, or infancy,
can they be your companions?
Can you walk shoulder to shoulder
with your God and a commoner?
Can you walk together
with your guiding spirit and a toddler?
In every step, in equal regard.

May you find your beginning.
May you rest in your valley.

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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.- Edmund Hillary