mount shasta

Mount Shasta

seen from afar
standing all alone,
the grandest twilight
reflecting white.

volcanic cones majestic
quiet and full of indian pride,
cascading glaciers ride
down avalanche gulch.

oh lemuria, oh lemuria,
overlook great black forest
down hidden valley flows
a magnetic force tempest. 

up old hill of misery
climb to the summit.
muir soaked sulphur springs
braided valley folds in trinity.

oh shasta, oh shasta,
made a mystic out of me
to live by nature’s tenet,
a perfect place to flee.