Mountains
I am a fly if these are not stones If these are not stones, they are a finger- Finger, shoulder, eye The air comes and goes over them as if attentively They were there yesterday and the world before yesterday Content with the inheritance Having no need to labour, only to possess the days Only to possess their power and their presence Smiling on the distance, their faces lit with the peace Of the father’s will and testament Wearing flowers in their hair, decorating their limbs With the agony of love and the agony of fear and the agony of death
Mountains - meaning Summary
Ancient Power and Suffering
The poem presents mountains as ancient, human-like presences that outlast ordinary life and history. Their apparent stillness gives them an inherited authority: they simply possess time, power, and space rather than struggle for them. Yet the final image complicates this peace, showing the landscape adorned with flowers and marked by love, fear, and death. Mountains become both tranquil witnesses and embodiments of life’s deepest suffering.
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