Feb 2022
I can see the Bridger Mountains from my window here in Bozeman and one of them, Baldy, looms over our house. Well, maybe looms is an exaggeration. But we can see it clearly. I learned about why one peak is called Naya Nuki, she was a friend of Sacagawea and they are the two highest peaks in the Bridgers. Baldy is slightly under 9,000 feet but that's ok.
hey baldy
why you looking down on me
from in the air
high and mighty god
peace without a care
crooked kinda smile
rarely ever see
got a beautiful line
hey baldy
why you looking down on me
hey baldy
have you seen your buddy Ross
up in the north
aiming for the highest
didn't even make it fourth
don't worry that
you come up short
you ain't even nine
got a beautiful line
hey baldy
why you looking down on me
Shoshoni girl who ran a
trail into Montana
she and an old friend
reunited in the end
hey baldy
I am looking up at you
looking at me
calling us to your
height is so peculiar
and I don't even mind
that I can't even see the sea
got a beautiful line
hey baldy
why you looking down on me
@robynmackenzie Feb 2022
I like how there's a conversation with the mountain itself. I could hear this as a laid-back folk song, John Denver style.