the back of the mountain

the back of the mountain is warm
the back of the mountain is smooth

kissing it, i feel that on my lips
both the warm and the smooth

it is also soft, and in fact, it is your back too.
just like the back of that big mountain,

warm and smooth.

the water from the lakes and the rivers make steam
when you touch your back to them they become the air in ripples of gray
when i touch your back i become ripples of red - like lava
hot down your back and front

the mountain is what i want to run myself down
warm and smooth
ripples of gray steam
the lava glowing - slow, moving down
meeting the rivers and lakes
to sleep stiff, smiling
having moved
formed by a back
the smooth mountain back
it sends me swimming