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Pieter Both mountain peak in Mauritius

Written 22 April 2025 

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"Arrogance, a harmful disease, Never keeps human souls at ease And afflicts men with a false sense Of superior intelligence."- By author ************************************************************** A Boastful Mountain If antiquity is the stamp of nobility, then I am nobler than man. I stand here since the dark days of time I have eyed the birth and death of species the growth of the human race amidst divine mysteries the rise and fall of empires, the dreadful demise of dictators, emperors just like their vassals kissing the dusty earthen ground I have I have viewed with dismay silently stared deadly wars along my slopes in stark solitude at rank men spearing each other with rage and wealth being cast aside bombing beautiful buildings and setup fame and glory kissing the dust shooting children, civilians and capital cities pomp, pride and abusive power reduced to grey ashes in an hour stately mansions silently left to decay I dread beauties fading away like spring flowers not the sands innocence being trampled on the highway of time moving in its relentless sway or the fair winged chariot soaring up high in the clean cerulean sky as I am steady, stable and salutary while man fades away after a short while and is a transitory traveler of the earthly plane. ///*//*/// \\\*\\*\\\ ////*////*//// \\\*\\\\\\\*\\\\ /////*///////*//// \\\\*\\\\\\\\*\\\\\ /////*////////////*///// \\\\\*\\\\\\\\\\\*\\\\\ ////*////////*////// \\\\*\\\\\\\*\\\\ I T I I T I I R I I R I I IEI I EI I E I I E I I S I I S I

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Date: 4/24/2025 1:41:00 PM
this is really cool. What were the symbols at the very bottom representing? I don't see the mountain as being boastful. It's just telling how things are in this messed up world. Great writing though.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/25/2025 4:19:00 PM
Ok I see your point!
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Krishnanand Guptar
Date: 4/24/2025 2:40:00 PM
The mountain has witnessed the decay of men, emperors, empires, man fighting , slaying each other and being just temporary travellers, while defying time, the mountain claims it stands steady, stable and is salutary. Is it not boasting in some way? May the blessings of light ever rest with you.
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Krishnanand Guptar
Date: 4/24/2025 2:38:00 PM
Thank you poet, dear poetess for appreciating the above poem. The main thrust of the poem is on comparing the quasi-permanence of a mountain with the transient, temporary nature of man....

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