Colin F. Jones

KANGAROO VALLEY MOUNTAIN

There is a mountain in the valley,
I must climb,
Though l live forever,
and it takes all of that long time.
‘Tis not an untouched mountain,
With snow atop its peaks,
But its cliffs are built of freedom,
And the challenge that one seeks.
It is high above the cities,
Above the sea and plains,
Its face is marked with caverns,
To hide one’s troubled pains,
I shall conquer thee yon mountain,
Ere I ever be a man,
Then turn again to this cruel life,
To begin where I began.