Mountain Peak
I move mountains
for those in my life,
always have been
loyal to those I love
but sometimes I
don’t have anyone
there for me, nobody
with as thick as my blood
I’ve had to hold myself
through the worst,
I’ve felt so horrible that
I thought I was cursed
putting in my all, yet my
back is always covered in stabs
how deeply I can feel so good,
how deeper I can feel so bad,
when I feel my best, it’s
never the best I could feel
I’ve always lived in
my dreams because
reality doesn’t
seem real
I could change
how I look,
take pictures of
my beautiful visions
and still get no
response out of them,
Please, could someone
finally listen?
I have in my palms
the Earth and water,
I have tried to be
the best daughter
the best friend,
the best lover,
and the mountains
seem far out of reach,
trying to keep
climbing but my feet
are slipping from
the dirt beneath
if only I could stop digging
and have a moment to let
myself sit on a rock
and hear nature speak
the mountain peak
is so close, but the
tweed is ripping as I'm
gripping onto the rope
I hear a tiny
frog croak,
the crackling sound
of tree bark oak
and I will shout into
an empty canyon,
Nobody hears, and if
they had really cared,
Why'd they leave me
alone and stranded?
- Leah Rae