The Erosion of Man

by Gloria L. Corneliusen

Man as a mountain
immovable, impassible, just plain obstinate.
A pig-headed mule.

Man like a mountain
strong, powerful, virtually indestructible.
A permanent fixture.

Man is a mountain
full of life
from craggy cliffs to hot molten core.

Man, THE MOUNTAIN
Possessor of the highest peaks,
Protector of the greenest valleys.

Man once a mountain
Eroded away by modern society
Until there was just dirt.

Man, a dying hillock.
Replenishes the earth
With his last remaining seeds.