A Poem for Alpine Glow


                                            As the morning sun looms over the mountains

                                            And the howling wind echoes throughout the land.

                                            A young pony now descends from the summit

                                            To start on a journey that few can withstand.


                                            From her lonely summit home atop the peaks

                                            To the frosted forests of trees evergreen

                                            Alpine Glow travels in search of adventure

                                            In search of places she has yet to have seen.


                                            In her heart lay the feeling of wanderlust

                                            A desire to explore the great unknown.

                                            Though most all can be seen from the mountain peak

                                            There is one place hidden, a forbidden zone.


                                            She remembers the tales her kin used to tell

                                            Of a lost realm far beyond normal reaches.

                                            Through the hail and the ice she goes heading north

                                            In hopes of finding the fabled snow beaches.


                                            There is said to be an abundance of fish,

                                            And strange avian creatures who like to play,

                                            As well as another one known as a seal

                                            If all these await then she shouldn't delay!


                                            Alpine Glow is strong, she's handled worse before

                                            Even this fierce blizzard is no match for her,

                                            Since she's always got on her favorite poncho

                                            Passed down now for ages, it beats any fur!


                                            And finally through the harshest of blizzards

                                            Alpine Glow arrives to a sight for sore eyes

                                            The legends, they were true, the beach is right there!

                                            Overcome with joy, the poor mare nearly cries!


                                            There really are puffins and even seals too

                                            And look at the fish jumping out of the sea!

                                            But perhaps what is most surprising of all

                                            Is a pony awaiting, just who is she?


                                            An ethereal glow radiates from her

                                            Something suggests an otherworldly presence.

                                            She approaches a nearly speechless Alpine

                                            And imparts her a gift, one of strange essence.


                                            A mystical looking relic, quite unique

                                            With a curious mark never seen before.

                                            "You have come far and have earned this, now go forth."

                                            And with her task done, she vanished from the shore.


                                            Young Alpine Glow was still very unaware

                                            Of what truly she had been entrusted with.

                                            What she held in her hoof was no mere trinket

                                            But a key once thought to have been just a myth.