Mountain Fog

Fierce blasts of wind high in the
atmosphere drove the dark, ragged
clouds toward the looming mountain
peaks harpooning them to resist the
winds' continuing thrust, the clouds
impaled, compelled to release their
moisture-heavy burden. The notch
between the mountains barely visible
encased in an opaque screen of fog 
creating a narrow corridor of limited 
visibility, the mystery of the vanishing 
mountains lifted momentarily through
 a brief opening when the massive slope
of a mountain, sheathed doubly in an
ancient rockfall could be sighted
then once again obscured behind the
impenetrable grey shield. Silence
reigned as supreme as the rain that
drenched the landscape, an arras
immense in its granite dominance yet
contracted and hidden as rain and
mist joined the all-conquering fog.