Kaolin Fire with GUD Issues 0 through 5

kaolin fire presents :: writing :: poetry :: Overwhelmed



"Overwhelmed"

there are many mountains
in my mind
begging to be climbed
each requiring a careful and
studied
approach.

scientist, lover, artist: each
a separate ascent --
perseverance and wit and
logic and leaps of fancy
through dangerous terrain;

upon each path i need (
a rest
a niche
a view
) that both justifies the climb so far
and reminds me of the top;
gathering strength
for the climbs to come.

at any moment there is the
fear
of the height
the winds
the drop
the ground;
the fear of falling,
the fear of stopping,
the fear of climbing on.



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