Quartett
The peak of the summit
-Where only sunlight can touch-
Gazes above all
To patiently witness in silence.
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The wind will carry away
The words and truths that travel
Up to where the snow is set
And become everlasting ice.
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Stories stay set in stone
-only once they echo
From wall to wall before
They are swallowed alive.
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And alive they will remain
For the trees and the lakes and the grass,
Like a flight of wisdom that roots
As strong as the mountain it mantles.