Everest and Oceans
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Because I have you, now I want to climb
Among the mountains known as love, the peaks
That glisten with romance and hear the chime
Of bells with peals that sound like curtained streaks
That Northern Lights would make in angels’ ears
If Arctic air made music worthy of
The feelings in expanding cosmos spheres
That swell within my chest with chords above
The bells in Anglican cathedral naves,
Those priestly bells that wish that they could sound
As orthodox as passion, or as waves
Of gold that break where God has never frowned.
Because I love you, mountains cannot be
Too high for conquering underneath love’s sea.
~ Phillip Whidden
