Ethereal eye
Dad, someone told me that he’s a bad person,Did you see him do something bad?
No,they told me,
And you believed them?,
I don’t know,
His father smiled a little.
Then why are you seeing people with your ears,
when you have two eyes?”
The boy thought about it.
Later, while walking past the hills, he asked,
Dad, why do people climb mountains?”.
To reach the top, I suppose
Just to reach the top?,
His father looked at the mountain for a moment,
Maybe.
Then he asked,
When you climb a mountain,
are you doing it so people can look at you from below,
or so you can look at the world from above?.
The boy looked up,
I think, I want to see the world,
His father nodded
Then keep climbing.
Copyright © Juri Hajong | Year Posted 2026
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