"Must" Mountain

[irishman]

Must Mountain
(Or, ?When ?Maybe? Turns to ?Must??)
In four different styles.


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I walked through the valley of ?Maybe?,
And waded the swamp of despair;
Looked for the hope of the lily,
But found that it was not there!

I fell in the pot-hole of depression,
And forded the creek of doubt;
Ploughed through the jungle of Sorrow,
Looking for the elusive way out!

I was lost in the Wilderness of frustration,
Circling round and round,
Ignoring the map I had with me,
Heeding no vision nor sound;


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A mountain loomed mightily before me,
But too tired to make the great climb,
I camped at the base
in a woeful place,
Amid an oasis of slime!

Up the mountain I began to go,
A mountain of hope it became;
The way grew more pleasant,
And the beauty resplendent,
I gave the great mountain a name.

The ?Mountain of Must? I thought it to be,
While the valley of Maybe I see,
I will climb all the way to the top,
And will dwell where I need to be,
And there will I finally stop.


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The ?mountain of must?,
A mountain of dust;
This is its hopeful name;
But climb her I must,
I must climb her or ?bust?,
Lest I die in my shame.

So climb her I will,
That terrible steep hill,
Though the way may be jagged and rough;
I chase the thrill
Of this monstrous hill,
That should be adventurous enough.

By the grace of God,
Upward I trod,
And determined not to look back;
Slowly I plod
On Holy sod,
And my God supplies what I lack.



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The ?Valley of Maybe?
I left far behind;
With all her confusion and doubt;

It?s upward I go,
So onward I tread,
Reaching new heights with a shout!

The valleys are fewer,
And the way is smoother,
As I have begun a new route.

Ever on, I upward climb
The new-found narrow way,
And discover what life is about!

[HappyChristian]

This is good!

[Jerry]

Just adding a comment to bring it to the front page for others to read. Some of the old formatting/punctuation (the ?'s) in the first part make it a little hard to read, but for an old poem/post, it's worth reading.