there sits
a huge mountain—
a huge mountain—
quiescent,
impassible,
made
impassible,
made
of pure time;
it cannot be climbed.
it cannot be climbed.
But luckily, you,
though savagely beautiful,
are not corporeal. You
are no agent;
you certainly
know nothing
of the terrestrial, and your goals
are not so provincial.
You (alone, perhaps)
are perfect-
ly imperturbable;
you are
the
limitless truth—
manifesting
itself as
a brilliantly silvery
rippling butterfly.
And you travel
to infinity
to visit its high,
inconceivable peaks
spectacularly
regularly, simply
to polish
and sharpen the tips
of your
wings on them.
though savagely beautiful,
are not corporeal. You
are no agent;
you certainly
know nothing
of the terrestrial, and your goals
are not so provincial.
You (alone, perhaps)
are perfect-
ly imperturbable;
you are
the
limitless truth—
manifesting
itself as
a brilliantly silvery
rippling butterfly.
And you travel
to infinity
to visit its high,
inconceivable peaks
spectacularly
regularly, simply
to polish
and sharpen the tips
of your
wings on them.