Winter Hiking
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The chirping sounds of white chested tree birds filled the mountainside. Panko took his backpack on one shoulder and started to walk the mountain trail. The crisp fresh mountain air filled his nostrils and his head began to clear itself of useless thoughts. Free yourself.. “Yes, I’m free!”
Winter had come and the first snow had fallen on the mountain tops like glitter in the distance. From where he was standing, the landscape looked like a picture with the hilly dark blue mountains forming a line graph on the horizon. Panko always found winters to be exciting because despite the cold he left so alive in the winter months. Long blacks tasted even better trickling warmly down his throat; coffee cups and mugs making small heaters for his hands. Things were always better in winter. He felt like he was in his element and momentum was on his side. Then he remembered a line from a movie and the way the main character had fallen in love — slowly, then all at once.
I went on a wintry walk one day,
Hoping to warm my soul,
No shoebox full of photographs,
No faded memories of bygone years,
No old letters coffee-dyed in naivety nor innocence,
A mind-numbing train of thoughts,
Descending like swooping magpies,
But heart beats pave a new direction,
The sweetest sound of a smile sings,
And though diamonds may truly be forever,
I will choose the here and now,
Carpe Diem, for with some
Implacable relentless badgering,
You will be my Joie de vivre.
A group of kangaroos is called a troop, army or mob. This is why…
Green meadows, unclaimed by envy
It hopes for the heart, not unattainable
Two steps forward, one step back
Like waves on a winter beach
The kangaroo court jumps for justice
For a wish made in the dark
내 앞에 넘지 못할것만 같았던 그 높은 산이
아름다운 전망의 풍경으로 변하는 그 순간
You only need a few pebbles
To face your greatest giants
그동안 쌓인 감정들 때문에 마음 편하게 다가가지 못할 때
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