Mt. Everest

Ever on the Rise

I strive to be like Queen Everest
Who, at the peak of fame,
When everyone knows her name,
With no question who is best,
Keeps rising more each year,
Proving to all that she can reach
Higher than the sky.
Being the best isn’t enough;
Majestic, beautiful,
Not the result of luck.
She admits to being well placed
In this vast space
And appreciates
The clouds that surround her
So calm and so sure,
Always aware of their purpose,
Creating heaven’s surface,
And the higher she gets,
The higher she knows she can go.
She knows she can make
Her own hole in the ozone, so
Climb to the top with care,
Those of you that dare,
Because few can handle
Being on her level,
Which keeps rising,
With Earth’s chest,
As Mother Nature takes
One continuous deep breath.
If you have the patience
To watch her rise,
Be wise enough to know
Not everything she does is for the prize;
It’s just so she can find
Her limits,
No matter how high.

School-boy Heaven

I once had a dream that heaven was a school;
There were desks and blackboards
And uniforms of dark blue.
Your eyes met mine and I knew it was you,
But in your youthful form,
You didn’t know my words were true
When I said I belonged to you.
And though I had no real reason to prove,
I pleaded for you to believe,
And when you wouldn’t take me seriously,
I asked you how you came to be
So far away from me and in this place.
Your laughter made me smile
You pulled jokes from your dear old file
And I was content to see
That even though you didn’t know me,
You had been happy for a while.
I told you who I was and went on my way
Letting you play in heaven recess all day.

I twice had a dream that heaven was a school,
But this time you were gone in real life
And in my vision, too.
When your eyes met mine,
Hot tears streamed down my cheeks
Tying my dreams with my reality.
Youth-filled you looked at me,
Not taking my cries too seriously
Until I called you daddy
And told you that I had been here for before
And asked why you left me on Earth’s lonely floor
To fend for myself without you.
Recognition filled your eyes
And with a hug
You sent me back to where time flies
And moments are fleeting and filled with lies.
I will join you someday - in your school-boy world;
Save me the swing next to you
For our eternal recess in the sky so blue.