How to Climb a Mountain by John Maurer

The easiest way to get to the top of a mountain is to be born upon its peak

The second easiest way to get there is to not climb it but say you did

The third easiest way is to have someone else carry you up it

The hardest way to get to the top of a mountain is to climb it

but if you do, those who didn't, will call you the liar

or they will say that, in fact, it wasn't a mountain but a hill

Still, they will stand at the summit screaming FALL! FALL!

and you will realize that facts become opinions 

as soon as currency gets involved

If those who made it through the thin air didn't 

come from where you come from, you wouldn't look up to them

And if you question their 'tall' tale, they will look down on you...from below

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John Maurer is a 27-year-old writer from Pittsburgh that writes fiction, poetry, and everything in-between, but their work always strives to portray that what is true is beautiful. They have been previously published in Claudius Speaks, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Thought Catalog, and more than ninety others. @JohnPMaurer (johnpmaurer.com)