“On Top Mount Monadnock, or upon listening to Alive and Kicking” a poem by Stephen Fuller
On Top Mount Monadnock
You stayed. You held on to your sweetest cup.
You walked behind me up my climb of Monadnock
To catch me had I slipped those final steps.
I drew on your strength when helping that woman
Climbing alone to prove her knee reconstructed
Could not hold her back. I heard Your whisper
On top of the mountain where You led me, first
When cold rain kept me chilled, then the next,
When seeing the view so full, my storm inside
At last calmed. So arms outstretched we embraced.
You served me the cup once again; ready to drink,
I sipped to let Your love at last burn me down.
Then with Your hand on my forehead, voice no longer
A whisper, spoke “It is not time to say goodbye,
It is time for your love to live, it is time to be.”
We stayed on top Monadnock like Thoreau and Emerson
Taking it all in: the journey, the storms, the slips,
the falls, drinking the sweet tonic of boys who lived.
(C) 2020 Stephen Fuller
Fullbeard Lit 
16 Responses to ““On Top Mount Monadnock, or upon listening to Alive and Kicking” a poem by Stephen Fuller”
Awesome and cleansing Amen thanks for sharing
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You are very welcome! Thank you for reading and I am glad you likey
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How are things today? Still hanging like a bat?
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Working hard putting on a smile internally processing things drinking water and roping in my mind 🧠 I’m hanging more like a sloth today friend hope you’re A OK 🙂
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I am hanging like a moth waiting for the night light
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Lol
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Love the poem and the picture! Both are inspiring.
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That was a cold cold day up monadnock but it was a key climb… thank you for well… everything… 🤓
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😘
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Most excellent work
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Thank you so much.
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You are most welcome 😊
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🤓🤓🤓
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This is a very moving poem. (Of course, you had me at Mount Monadnock.)
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Thank you so much. Smallest world award… I lived for years in Norfolk not far from ODU. And I grew up in Durham, of course not far from Nottingham, and my kids live in sunny Southern California… so winning your praise is wonderful!!
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Wow, that is a small world!!
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