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A Twilight’s Mission, Once Again

There she stands
Once again before us
Her velvet slopes
Glowing golden in the twilight.

Mission Peak, glowing above us in the afternoon light.

Rapt allure
Once again before us
It’s in our hearts
To revel at her summit.

The glow deepens, ever alluring, as we continue to climb the mountain dust.

City lights
Once again beneath us
We’ve conquered her
And it is we who glow golden.

The sun sets on a perfect summer day.

Rapture stirs
Once again inside us
We choose to go
Where we know we can go, always.

Balmy breezes flow at the Summit of Mission Peak. The date: July 3, 2007. Yes! There are fireworks below us. All 37 of us.

We don’t move the mountain
But once again
The mountain surely moves us.

~winehiker

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3 Responses to “A Twilight’s Mission, Once Again”

  1. Sonadora
    July 5th, 2007 10:46
    1

    Gorgeous pictures Russ!!

  2. el jefe
    July 8th, 2007 12:43
    2

    very nice!

  3. Tropophilous Tuesday Links » winehiker witiculture
    May 7th, 2009 07:26
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    [...] A Twilight’s Mission, Once Again Poetry from The Winehiker about a summer night’s climb of Mission Peak. (tags: outdoors fun mission peak hike hiking poetry winehiker http://www.californiawinehikes.com) [...]

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