I Choose The Mountain

The low lands call

 I am tempted to answer

 They are offering me a free dwelling

 Without having to conquer

 The massive mountain makes its move 

 Beckoning me to ascend 

 A much more difficult path 

 To get up the slippery bend 

I cannot choose both

 I have a choice to make 

 I must be wise

 This will determine my fate 

I choose, I choose the mountain 

 With all its stress and strain

 Because only by climbing 

Can I rise above the plane 

I choose the mountain 

And I will never stop climbing

 I choose the mountain 

 And I shall forever be ascending 

 I choose the mountain 

                        -----by Howard Simon