HIDDEN HIMALAYA

MAVIS HEATH

No paradise is gained
Easily :
In the Hidden Himalaya
There are many
Rock faces, glaciers,
Icetalls. crevasses,
Ice-plateaux, ice-pinnacles,
Fine snow summits
And none are reached
None are climbed
Without hardship
Risk, sometimes
The final sacrifice —
So it is in the
Spirit
Think not you gain
Heaven
Without cost
Without pain
Without struggle nearing despair —
With a friend on your rope you carry
It is near impossible
Without Grace
Without deep sacrificial love.