Mount Fuji

A poem by Johnny Levy. Mount Fuji | Shakes her white hair | Into the sky.

Spoken Word Version

Written Version

Mount Fuji

Shakes her white hair

Into the sky.

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Her laughter is

Terrible and crisp and

Strong, striking the heart

Like a gong,

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Vibrating down to the knees

With the irresistible pull to

Bend downward.

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To bury thyself

In the land before her,

In awe.

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A Queen.

A good Queen.

A good and terrible Queen.

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With blue lips and

Blazing eyes

Of flint and ice.

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What is this twinning

Between the beautiful

And the terrible?

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Is awe the child

Between Love and

Holy Terror?

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A lifted chin

That human hands

Will never bend?

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When faced with the

Immutable Mountain

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Something

inside us

Will either bend

Or break.

—By Johnny Levy