I went up to the mountaintop
to test the limit of my faith
at the summit the sun came up
asked a question and I waited
all alone
in thought
I am just a little man
all alone
with God
in the place where life began
in the place where life began
the eagles flew all around me as
the sky turned into day
I listened closely to future past
and this the wind did say
you are free
it said
free to live what is your life
you are free
to choose
between the two paths of the night
free to choose between the heartbeat and the knife
free
you stand
in the place where life began
in the place where life began
and at dusk I climbed back down
to the rest of what was me
to the years live upon the ground
to my friends and family
but sometimes I look at the stars
and I wonder what was said
and I know when my life is hard
I'll still live after I'm dead
free
free free free
you stand
you stand as you will always stand
in the place where life began
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).