I climb to feed the rat
           A gnawing unsatiable parasite
I climb not to die
            But to live
The knife-edge ridge beckons
             Could cut me to ribbons
The vertical ice shines - come forth
              Into my womb
One foot after another
              Endless
My lungs heave
               My body yearns
I see visions
                But are they real?
The white citadel calls
                 Come- and see God
Like a snake
                  In a Gadda Da Vida
Come to me
                  And die in my arms

I climb to live
                      not to die
Society has failed me
                      it has failed us all
The Rat Race
                     round and round on the conveyor belt
I have more stuff
                      i am better than you
I need that finished today
                      actually yesterday would be more better
My mind is tired
                      my body is spent
Yes- the White Citadel beckons
                      come to me my child of God
Put one step in front of the other
                       mindless, liberating
Brain is flooded with happiness
                       nothing matters- one step in front of the other
Summit glows in morning light
                       come to me - enter my womb
Eagle soars on the invisible lift
                       raven calls reverberate in the canyon
Freedom, liberation, deliverance
                       I climb to live
                                             not to die.