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Jul 2016
I climbed a mountain
and I looked down below.
Maybe I could have stayed up there longer
if I hadn't looked down on you.
I climbed a mountain,
leaving my past on the ground below.
Why did I feel the need to look down there?
I was so ready, so eager to start anew.
I climbed a mountain
but I stumbled when my fears began to show.
I hesitated, backpedaled, faltered,
and fell through.
Down...

down...


down...

to the bottom of the mountain,
back to my old ways, on the ground below.
Maybe I could have stayed up there longer
if I had climbed the mountain with you.
Carolyne McNabb
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