Poem at Mt. Yangbew

a man stands with an illusion 

of power  for being able to see it all

for standing tall despite  it all

but one misstep on this rock; fragile bones shatter

on this rock that is but a small bump 

on  the mountain that could swallow them both.

Above, the endless sky humbles  mountain, rock, and man

but this too is an illusion 

for the sky is nothing but a reflection 

of something lower , much lower than the mountain

softer than the rock

and just as destructive as them all

The sky is also an extension of nothingness

of the nothingness we try to fill

with moments captured by pictures

given meaning by words