Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Summit

The sky above is dark and cloudy,
The beating of my heart continues,
Oh to feel life’s energy coarse through my veins,
I feel as if I am whole again,
Run and run, up and up,
Into the clouds and fog,
Above the highest trees,
Above the clouds themselves,
Up and up,
There is a curving staircase into the sky,
On to another land, on to another world,
The ropes are hanging from the clouds,
The dream is within, or without?
Climbing up the rope with all my strength,
I come upon what?
I meet myself, staring back,
Through all life I have worked hard,
To what means?
To overcome,
To improve,
To discover,
To create,
To explore!
That the moment has come,
I see my true self,
I climb upon the rope into the clouds,
And look down upon how far I’ve come,
And forever more, I shall remember
Courage,
Strength,
Thought-fullness,
Teamwork,
That is my dream,
Life is a mountain path,
There is no apex, (as Mallory said, "Upward and forever upward.")
There is no limit to the human spirit.