This is what matters.

At the foothills 

cacti and succulents grow fiercely,

wildflowers flourish and 

sanity slowly 

does not matter.

Do not think, climb.

Keep going until 

it is conquered.

one must look back and realize

it does not matter.

Surrounded by life 

free

wild 

silent beauty 

This is what matters.

----Tessa

photo of Pikes Peak, taken by me as well!