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That boys like a mountain 

One you hike up alone

Looking for quiet

But instead you find 

A cacophony of waterfalls-

And winter-wren calls

That only sounds right when 

You're resting in the undergrowth 

Eyes half closed, 

And the sky fading 

Into watercolour reds 

That boys like a mountain 

Tall, strong, stoic-

It's Concrete permanence 

The type you need when everything else

Is so easily washed away 

By the creek you dip your feet in 

You never feel safer 

Than being nestled in its valley

You're never cold 

It bears the wind for you 

That boys like a mountain 

With each beat of your earthquake heart 

It's slowly eroded down 

Until everything is carried downstream 

and you're left feeling as empty 

As the blue-grey horizon 

And suddenly there's too much sky 

Each time a bird sings

It sounds off key 

The absence of a mountain 

Will never go unnoticed