Mountain Girl

My dad once told me

I was a mountain girl

HIS mountain girl 

The adventurous 

Daring

Caring

Simple

Happy

I wanna go there

Kinda girl

The I love you

I'll always come home

Kinda girl

The one that fell

ALOT

but always

Got back up

The kinda girl

That gets lost 

On PURPOSE

just so she can find herself

The kinda girl

That throws caution to the wind

And climbs without ropes

Just to prove she can

The kinda girl that

Protects

Defends

And fights

For what's right

The honest jumpy

Fearless

Effervescent 

Kinda girl 

I smiled

A big, broad

Smile

I was gonna make

My dad

PROUD

the other day

My dad said

Go get in some trouble 

Mom gasped

He laughed

And turned quickly

But his eyes

His one green

And one blue

Eyes said

"Where's my mountain girl?"

I sighed 

GONE!

I wanted to yell 

Shout

Scream!

LOST!

And this time

She can't find herself

But I looked

Looked through

The pencils

Papers

Markers

Erasers

Sketches

Colors

And words

Words

Words

Endless words

Other's words

Then

I was handed a pen

A blank note book

And a blog

I searched

And wrote

And think,

Maybe

Possibly

Hopefully

I've begun

To find her

See her footprints

In the snow

Bloody feet

Making way

For boot prints

Stride longer

Steps stronger

Pointed 

Towards 

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