· · • • • ✤ • • • · · She slips past the streets through the woods beyond them A letter in her pocket soft from being held She climbs until the houses disappear And sits where the wind keeps pushing at her hair. She reads a line then folds it up again There are some things she still can't say to them So she looks out over the valley below And starts talking to the mountain. "Don't tell anybody" she whispers to the stone The only answer is the gravel under her shoes. So let the mountain have it Every word she couldn't say All those memories she kept All the things she threw away. Nobody down there understood The things she couldn't explain But the mountain is always there Letting her gaze drift far away. · · • • • ✤ • • • · · She tells it about a house by the lake One she remembers like it weren't a dream About her birthday something buried deep inside And sitting there pretending she was fine. She tells it things she wouldn't put in a text Things she'd delete before anyone could read The peaks don't ask her to explain The wind just moves through the trees. "Keep this to yourself" she says, almost smiling A piece of shale slips loose and disappears below. So let the mountain have it Every word she couldn't say All those memories she kept All the things she threw away. Nobody down there understood The things she couldn't explain But the mountain is always there Letting her gaze drift far away. · · • • • ✤ • • • · · The sunlight fades the clouds grow thick She tears the letter into pieces And slips them back into her pocket She doesn't mind keeping still While the world keeps asking her why. So let the mountain have it She doesn't need those words anymore Let the wind take what it wants Let the rest follow her footprints. She came up here with heavy steps She goes back down a little lighter The mountain never said a thing It just watched her come and go. She walks back down as the sky turns gold A letter in her pocket torn into pieces And the mountain keeps them all Like it could somehow make them whole. · · • • • ✤ • • • · ·
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