From what mountaintop did you br Gain wisdom? br Did you cherish the ledges you br Gained the summits with? br br What will you use to climb back br Down? br Did you ever notice...watching br Eagles tumbling, playing... br Their talons curled? br Withdrawn? br Not hurting? br br Perhaps mate. Perhaps usurper br Of mountain spirits. br Sky spirits. br Never rending...holding you br Cloud-high, spirit-cloaked...until br You realized...no going back. br Never to walk Gardens again. br br Keeping your wisdom on mountains br Of ice. Glaciers. br Lonely, misted memories of br Delicately touching Roses... br Empresses of Earth-bound, br Sweet Gardens. br br Mountains keep your remains. br Once you were a careful Gardener... br But, exchanged that...for br Wisdom.