In the mountains

They ask me why I stay here,
In the mountains far away from anything.
Nothing to do and no where to go they say.
Up in the mountains so very far away.

I sit out in my chair and listen,
to the silence, to the crickets and birds.
No sound of cars or traffic do I hear.
As I sit and watch the stars so clear.

Come over here come closer,
Things to see and more to on in the west.
I smile, watch and enjoy my time there
But I can't wait to get back over here.

The sound of the river in the distance
I lean my head back to watch the sky
Listening to the sounds of the night here
and the echos in the clear mountain air.