Mountain Peak

Standing on my own two feet
    On the top of a mountain
I've reached it's peak

Far down below in the valley with town
     People go about their business
Making their rounds

UP HERE I STAND, TALL AND ALONE
     The wind at my back
The mighty sun shone

I scream toward the heavens at the top of my lungs
     I've climbed the ladder
Each one of its rungs

Thanks be to God for such sweet spledor
    The cloud dancing peaks
Are a sight to remember

The rays of light cast shadows and brights
     In valleys and crevices
I bow to such might

The descend I begin, slow and sure footed
     Back to the people
Who join me they wouldn't

As careful as I may try and try to be
    I slip and fall
Oh woe is me

And the people below hear not of my screams
    My bones they are broken
Skin ripped at the seams

Cursing and crying I cry to the Lord
    "How could you do this?
What is our accord?"

Smiling and serene it answers me back
    "You set yourself
Such a treacherous track

"And now you curse me after blessing before
     How can you doubt?
How are you not sure?"

At that point I saw the truth through the lies
     In spite of the pain
I attempted to rise

Asking for strength I crawled down the hill
     My body survived
By sheer force of will

Not only just mine, but the Lord's from on high
     It will help when we ask
From the first till we die