Educationalist
by Corey Mesler
previously published in Lily
I went to the mountain
because I had tired
of telling the old story
to friends and not-friends.
The mountain did not
greet me. Nor did it even turn
when I approached.
I practice now every day.
The shade of the mountain
comes and goes.
I try to reason that it is right
for it to come and go.
The mountain taunts my reason.