Fear from the Feet of the Jungfrau

Peals of thunder tear through the sky,

Snow capped mountains, appear and reappear

Through the clouds of grey and white.

The Jungfrau, majestic, terrifying, arise above the clouds.

Waterfalls, spread across the mountainside, cascade

down, finding their ways into the river that

Can be heard at a constant rhythm. The

Mountain, omnipresent, stays beautiful, terrifying,

Lifeless.

Natives fain away because its fear. The Jungfrau

Overpowers that natural human instinct to expand.

To climb to the top, to achieve that feeling of 

Conquering, is diminished by fear that is invoked 

Into our souls.

We cannot conquer the mountain, it will conquer us,

It will out last us. Isolating itself from the rest of the world,

Closer to the Divine, the natural Babel of the world. 

People are not meant to achieve that level, thus the Mountain,

The Divine, cuts us down, letting us know its power.

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