If You Also Heard About

If you also heard about
the highest peak in the world is the Mount Everest:
intertwined mist
surround
one after another
majestic steep peaks
like strands of silk.
Clouds swim by as if
fleeting passengers.
It,
with a haughty posture,
overlooking the world’s
beauty, ugliness, goodness, and evil
regardless of day or night.

If you also heard about
the largest forest in the world is the Amazon Rainforest:
thick dense fog suffuse,
block
one after another
swarming slothful trees
like a spider web.
River runs through as if
a meandering slithering snake.
It,
with its compact yet sparse body,
looking up at the sky’s
blue magnificence
and never rests.

If you also heard about
the longest river in the world is the Nile:
The houses stand on both sides
guard
sections after sections of
this endless river of life
like soldiers.
Sailing boats come and go as if
fish shuttling back and forth.
It,
with mother's tenderness,
nurtures an ancient civilization
and packs everything
in its cradle.

If you also heard about
the largest desert in the world is the Sahara Desert:
scorching sun as if fire,
irradiates
inch after inch of
this deserted place
like a deity.
Wind raises grits
that dance like butterflies.
It,
with a casual framework,
listens to the surrounding rumors
and covers up the traveler's paces.

If you also heard about
the ground under your feet forms
after years of accumulation;
the water in your bottle comes
from constant flowing rivers;
the air breathed by your nose credits
to countless stout trees;
then
you must also know that
those are all the
gift of nature.