Montana State University Poem

*Montana State University*

When skiers crossover to rejoin family,
When the climbers have made it past the Big Sky,
A new life is on the other side,
But this is forever the Last Best Place.

When cyclists and all the horseback riders,
Ride off into Montana’s sunsets,
The happy ending is far more bittersweet,
None of the living wants to leave this place.

Catapalooza gives strays a new family,
And a home in the mountains, a bed in the sky,
Trails and open spaces always by their side,
In the race with equine, here comes in first place.

The gates to the next life awaits these riders,
For every sun arising, another sun sets,
A new beginning in the real world—leaves them bittersweet,
But the Spirit of the Bobcat still stands in their place.

From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
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