journey the steps

journey the steps

to a mountain top

and, still,

the gods tower

above us:

sated,

we descend 

to begin 

again.

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2005 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo of Tian Tan Buddha, Lantau Island, Hong Kong 

taken by R. Baker February, 2005.