The Mountain

Majestic silhouette against the sky, intense and resolute, the mountain stands, a titan of stillness, a sentinel of time.

Covered in snow’s pristine blanket, it holds secrets of ages, a memory of creation’s breath, a pulse within the stone.

Climb!—reach for the heights, in pursuit of the infinite, stillness within your chest, the echo of your footsteps, a harmony in the wild; here, in the mountains, you find yourself.

• Polia de Montalcini