a mountain stretches far into the sky

above a sleepy austrian village.

in worn-out sneakers and an oversized hoodie,

a tiny sillhouette chooses to dance with it.

They begin a slow, trudging walz

the girl goes around and around the mountains dirt base

through the stones, and through the trees,

and past a secret lake that sits stellar and placid in the summer sun.

The dance speeds up, now an agressive tango

as the ascent steepens and the girls legs ache with peril.

Yet her dance partner encourages her to push on,

lending the proper molds for her tiny feet to climb up on

until she reaches the flower beds at the mountains summit

and feels awakened to the world around her