De Paul University
Writing from the Inside
Teacher: Zoe Keithley
The Mountains Are Like Me
The mountains are cool at the top. The snow covers their high-reaching points. These protective measures have kept the mountains around all these centuries. I keep my intellectual cool – at the top.
I cover myself to be safe.
I felt a kinship with the Rocky Mountains.
Their goals and methods of reaching them … like mine.
They are cool at the top; they are covered with snow
To protect their highest point.
They seek the sky, they want to reach as high as they can.
I too am reaching to the top.
I want to taste the best of life,
I want to give of my best to the world too.
The mountains rise above their muddy beginnings.
I can certainly identify with muddy beginnings …
And the struggle to rise above.