Climbing Mountains (poetry)

She was just going out for a walk
when she saw a mountain.
From the bottom, it didn't
look so hard to climb.

She found it was slow going,
some days barely making any
progress at all; on others,
a few steps backwards.

She cried a thousand tears
and smiled a million smiles
on her journey up the mountain.

No matter how hard, how far,
or how fast she climbed,
she never reached the top.

Many days there were distractions
to keep her from noticing
she wasn't getting any closer
to the top.

Everything she thought was real
became illusion. Another morning,
waking up alone again,
its time to face the day.

Knowing she will never reach
the top of her mountain
she can't let it go, but it
slips away piece by piece,
leaving her heart on that mountain.

©L.Danielson.Poetry