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[Utah Bob #35998]

 

The Mountain

Oh ragged peak with face of stone, whose vision reaches past far horizons

Your shaded face conceals the pain you’ve seen.

 

Mountain men with wills of iron who struggled for survival here

Searched desperately for pelts among your crystal lakes and streams.

 

And long before them, dwellers of the cliffs lived in the heights

Somehow prospering among these temples made of  stone.

 

But strength and heart were not enough and now they’ve vanished too.

Like dust their memory blows across the canyon floor alone.

 

Through your passes, great trains of heavy laden wagons climbed

Fearfully racing skies which cooled and darkened day by day.

 

The bones of man and beast lay scattered on your winding paths.

A million tears and broken dreams will always mark the way.

 

Your gaze was cast upon the beasts whose numbers were uncountable.

And with disbelief you saw their countless numbers fade. 

 

Replaced in time with alien beasts of steel and fire and steam

Their tracks carved in your slopes now show the sacrifice you made.

 

The miners searched with eyes dimmed by mindless lust for wealth.

The tunnels broke their backs and crushed their souls.

 

With arbitrary whim, your treasures you gave sparingly to but a few.

Most just spilled their blood and youth in search of gold.

 

Fortunes made and lost again and all the efforts meaningless to you.

You watched the struggles of both strong and weak.

 

Through the eons you have watched, changing with the light upon your face

A beacon to those few who envy eagles soaring through your peaks

 

You stand today as you have stood and watch your kingdom still

In summer’s heat or winter’s rage here you watch and rest

 

And if you think at all, no doubt you think with only passing interest 

Of these fools who think somehow they’ve tamed the West

 

 

Edited January 27 by Utah Bob #35998

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I like it!   It is a great tribute to both Mother Nature and man.

 

Can I get an autographed copy?

[Blackwater 53393]

Thanks, UB!!

 

I’m with Forty on that!!  I’d like a copy for my gun room!!

[Stump Water]

Thanks UB.

[Utah Bob #35998]

On 1/26/2026 at 5:19 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I like it!   It is a great tribute to both Mother Nature and man.

 

Can I get an autographed copy?

Yup

[Utah Bob #35998]

On 1/26/2026 at 5:22 PM, Blackwater 53393 said:

Thanks, UB!!

 

I’m with Forty on that!!  I’d like a copy for my gun room!!

Okay

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557]

You missed your calling, Bob.  Thank you.

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life]

Ah yes....that is Lone Cone.

 

The east side of it.

Edited February 1 by Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life

[Utah Bob #35998]

9 minutes ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said:

Ah yes....that is Lone Cone.

Engineer Mtn

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

14 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Yup

 

14 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Yup

Great.  It will hang next to One Chance, another of your poems dated  5/31/10.

 

Message sent with address.

 

Thank you.

Edited February 1 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life]

49 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Engineer Mtn

 

Sure looks like Lone Cone. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

12 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said:

You missed your calling, Bob.  Thank you.

Go back about 18-20 years and you'll see Bob didn't miss his calling at all.  He just took a bit of time polishing it up.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Forty and Blackwater, message me your mailing address

[Utah Bob #35998]

It’s in the mail, guys.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 2/1/2026 at 11:50 AM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

 

Great.  It will hang next to One Chance, another of your poems dated  5/31/10.

 

Message sent with address.

 

Thank you.

Got it yesterday,  Thank you very much.

 

Off tomorrow to find a suitable frame.

[Utah Bob #35998]

6 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Got it yesterday,  Thank you very much.

 

Off tomorrow to find a suitable frame.

Any time pard. 😉