Question

how many times does the mountain speak in the poem

Answer 1

$mountain \: poem$



Did you ask me what I want?
Or are you going to speak for me?
I was here before you arrived
And I’ll be here today and tomorrow.
Some say I have eyes and teeth,
Others say I’m the perfect mountain,
But have you asked me what I want?

Lay down on the ground!
Feel my truth below your belly button
Then crawl on your hands and knees,
Climb to the top of my summit,
Where I wait patiently for your arrival,
To break you open.

Now that you’re broken open,
I will send you down.
Embrace your mothers and your fathers,
Your brothers and your sisters,
Your aunties and your uncles,
Your children,
Even your children’s children.
See enemies with new eyes!
That’s when you’ll hear,
What I want.