Mountain

Mountains are large, beautiful landmarks of the tectonic world. Vast sculptures that dance through the years. We see stones as immobile, but only because we live too short to watch them change and wander. We can see the trees grow and watch as fires spring up around them. We can climb them and we can fall down them.

These things that seem to last forever, but can also change time in its tiniest amounts. A 7,000 foot difference can cause a fifteen nanosecond difference in time from the summit and the base of the mountain. Gravitational relativity, relative lifetimes, relative beauty. These things that are unshakeable hold so much tenuous detail, it’s a wonder we can behold them.