{"sf1_id":2131097,"sf2_id":"5nzLzOEe","title":"At Peace Under the Mountainside","author":"Apolarbear17","words":216,"posted_at":"2024-05-01T02:11:59.000Z","tags":["Family","Metaphor","Poetry","Rough Climb","mountains","relaxing","rest"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2131097-at-peace-under-the-mountainside","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/5nzLzOEe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/de/ff/deffee38-2466-4fd6-9db2-9f63f0c3f043","description":"Meant to post this yesterday, a brighter and less tragic counterbalance that I also wrote when I was on that same vacation back then. I’ll repeat what I said back then also, it’s important to rest every once in a while before you keep moving forward. Originally posted this in May 2022.","content":"At Peace Under the Mountainside\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nIt was a long trek to get to the bottom of these mountains to be able to relax\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAt many points it could be a rough hike but the reward outweighs any drawbacks\n\n \n\nStill it took a while even to make it to the trails start\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut I persevered and made it here and that just puts a joy in my heart\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThere were points where reaching my destination felt uncertain but I wasn’t going to be left behind\n\n \n\nSo I planned and kept climbing and made things work\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nEven if some bits of the climb felt like they took years\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nI plans to see family at the bottom of the mountains, a commitment I intended not to shirk\n\n \n\nAnd so when I made it I felt a real serenity and also opened my ears\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTo take in all the sounds new and all as almost all of the stress and worry clears\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSure they’ll probably be back when I leave since I have to keep going and can’t simply stay\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nStill it can be enough to find some relief in the breaks between at the end of the day\n\n \n\nPlus I know it won’t be too long before I find myself coming back this way \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;"}