A little boy at a local park
tried over and over again to scale
a child-sized rock climbing wall.
Over and over again he'd lose his grip
and fall into the grass
while his father watched on.

A random woman said to the father,
"Why don't you help him?"
"He's not making a sandwich,"
the man replied
without removing his eyes from the boy.
The woman pursed her lips
and walked away.

After what seemed to be about 97 attempts,
that little boy, his clothes and hair riddled with dirt,
finally scaled the wall.
Atop the playground equipment,
he raised his hands in triumph.
The look of delight and achievement
that formed on the boy’s face
was the reminder that
all things are possible.