Beautiful View Goat

Beautiful View Goat

            Scapegoat survives. 

Scapegoat finds reason to thrive.

Scapegoat surviving,

tricks self into thinking it’s thriving.

        Maybe it is.

Maybe, mountain conquered. 

Now, only beautiful view.

Goat keeps climbing towards beautiful view.

One foot at a time. Sideways. 

Safe Route Goat. 

Still more mountain to climb.

Scapegoat, Safe Route Goat,

wants to be Mountain Goat.

Realizes it is, Mountain Goat.

It’s on a mountain, at least.

What makes Mountain Goat a mountain goat

besides residing on a mountain?

Is a goat that scales upward a 

Beautiful View Goat?

Tell me what that Beautiful View Goat sees? 

On top of that mountain? 

Out in that open field?

Under blankets, shivering, indoors, 

dreaming about when hibernation will end.

Realizes, goats don’t hibernate; 

but this goat is 

Hibernation Beautiful View Goat. 

No longer Scapegoat. 

Mountain Goat when it wants to be. 

Hibernation Goat when it needs to be. 

Hibernation Beautiful View Mountain Goat 

is surviving, yes-

Hibernation Beautiful View Mountain Goat 

is truly surviving- & thriving.

Remembers, Scapegoat fondly 

as skin shed so long ago. 

Scapegoat Shed Skin

Shed so long ago, decomposed... 

into mountain & open field.

Scapegoat Shed Skin

Decomposed in hibernation.

Scapegoat Shed Skin 

Decomposes into the Beautiful View.