Crossing Mountains Poem by Laurence Overmire

Anyone can be a poet
It is true
For a day, or an hour
Or a moment or two

But there are some who must
Live and breathe in the word
Give rhythm to the music
That has never been heard

They will remember
When the stories are done
When all but the very last
Battle is won

They will remember
And others will cry
That some didn't listen
And no one asked why

So when you give o'er
Your time to a rhyme
Give a thought to the height
And the breadth of the climb.

~ Laurence Overmire