And the snow it glows in the moonlight there
\nand the cold of the night fills the air,
\nI go onward and forward and faster towards
\nthe mountains that will bring unseemly rewards.<\/p>\n
The white fields glow by the light of the moon,
\nAnd an eerie presence prevails as I arrive too soon.
\nfor the journey is what this place is about
\nthe journey to myself where I can find out about<\/p>\n
all the things that I’ve hidden deep within a soul of mine
\n‘coz I can’t bear to think of what I’ve lost in this life.
\nThe world outside beckons and those mountains call
\nAnd I’ll welcome the challenge to ride them all.<\/p>\n
There are moments of bliss and moments of joy
\nas I carve down the mountain, a gleeful little boy.
\nFor it is just a past-time but much more than that:
\nIt is an eternity in each moment, you can’t take away that,<\/p>\n
For gravity and powder, snow and arcing turns
\nsomething I long for and will forever yearn,
\nand gravity and snow and face shots galore
\nkeep bringing me back for more and for more.<\/p>\n
And I’ll take on the challenge and I’m ready now
\nAnd I’ll be there tomorrow as the mountains arouse
\nwithin me a spirit that I’ve not know before
\nwithin me the key to open this door<\/p>\n
To another world beyond the moments of my soul
\nTo where I can feel once again whole.
\nIt is just a pastime but much more than that,
\nIt is what I live for when I think about that.<\/p>\n
And so I’ll discover myself in those turns,
\nand so I will leave my marks and my curves,
\nand so I will share with my friends who I am
\nAnd I’ll share with the mountain what I know I’ve become<\/p>\n
And much more than this and to be true to myself
\nI won’t take on the mountain–I’ll take on myself.
\nIt’s myself that’s the challenge not the mountain that’s there
\nIt’s myself I must conquer to really go there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And the snow it glows in the moonlight there
and the cold of the night fills the air,
I go onward and forward and faster towards
the mountains that will bring unseemly rewards.<\/p>\n
The white fields glow by the light of the moon,
And an eerie presence prevails as I arrive too soon.
for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metaphysical","category-nature","category-poems","category-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}